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National Assembly of Angola

Official website of the National Assembly of Angola (Assembleia Nacional), the main legislative body of Angola. The site gives details of Assembly members and information on the roles of the different sections of the National Assembly – the plenary, president, bureau and standing committee. Details of committees and working groups are also given. The site outlines the legislative process and there is a copy of the Constitution along with laws concerning the National Assembly and its work. The site can be viewed in Portuguese only.

Bar Association of Angola

The Bar Association of Angola is the body responsible for regulating and providing access to the legal profession in Angola. The website has the regulations governing the practice of law in Angola along with the Bar Association statutes and codes of practice. There are contact details for members of the national and provincial councils and a directory of lawyers working in Angola. The site can be viewed in Portuguese only.

Portal do Governo da República de Angola

Official government website of the Republic of Angola. Most of the site is in Portuguese, but some pages are provided in the English, namely a country profile, history, information about the national symbols of the country and the Constitution. The website acts as a portal, providing links to the websites of the principal institutions and government ministries in Angola. You can view the latest government news relating to a wide range of topics on the homepage, and sign up to the news RSS feed.

World Law: Angola

Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering Angola. A full range of browse and search features are provided. Browsable link collections include materials relating to the Government, Legislation and Introductions to Angolan Law with specific subject sections dealing with Elections and Foreign Investment. A stored search will automatically query all of WorldLII for items about Angola.

Forced evictions and disability rights in Africa

Online article looking at forced evictions and disability rights in Africa written by Buhle Angelo Dube who is a lecturer at the University of Swaziland's Law Department. The article was published in 2008 (and updated in 2023 by Sibusiso Nhlabatsi) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The first section explains the background to forced evictions and their impact in Africa and focuses on this practice in Ghana, Swaziland and Botswana.

Southern Africa Litigation Centre

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre began as  a joint initiative between the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA). It works to foster human rights, democracy, the rule of law and access to justice in the region by means of advocacy, litigation, training and capacity building. The Centre's website has information about its cases, together with reports, briefings, statements, articles and news. The content can be browsed by topic or by country. 

Republic of Angola legal system and research

Online guide to the legal system and legal materials of Angola written by Dunia P. Zongwe who is an author and academic and Nélia Daniel Dias who is a law lecturer in Angola. The guide was published in 2007 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide gives background and historical information on the Republic of Angola.

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