Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: A Bird’s-Eye’s View of the Legal System

Online guide to the legal system of Burkina Faso written by Sâ Benjamin Traoré who is Associate Professor of Law at the Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences and a Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. The guide was published in 2024 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence Database Project

The Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Database provides free access to legal materials dealing with SGBV in 14 African countries. It is a project of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and an extension of the African Human Rights Case Law Analyzer. The laws and cases can be searched by keyword, browsed by country and viewed in full text. The site can be viewed in English, French and Arabic.

Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa

Database of constitutions and constitutional documents of African countries, provided by the University of Konstanz. The contents can be searched or browsed by jurisdiction. The database was been compiled by Katharina Holzinger, Florian Kern and Daniela Kromrey of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Documents are provided in the original language; some historical versions are available as well as recent texts. Most can be downloaded and/or accessed via links to other websites.

World Law: Burkina Faso

Section of WorldLII (the World Legal Information Institute) covering the West African state of Burkina Faso. The site offers browse and search facilities including links to courts, governmental sites, legislation, inter-governmental organisations, parliament and other sites. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Droit des affaires au Burkina Faso

Information and documentation relating to the business and company law of Burkina Faso, provided by French law and tax publisher Droit-Afrique. The site gives details of pan-African organisations of which Burkina Faso is a member and provides customs, commercial, company, employment and town planning laws of Burkina Faso. There is a page of links to the websites of African organisations and other sites providing legal information on Burkina Faso. The site is in French only.

 

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