constitutions

Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand

The 2007 Thai Constitution is available on the Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII) website. AsianLII is a cooperative legal information initiative led by the Australasian Legal Information Institute. The Constitution has chapters dealing with the role of the King, the rights and duties of citizens, the National Assembly, the Council of Ministers, the courts and local government.

Constitution of Tajikistan

Electronic copy of the 1994 Tajikistan Constitution made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and is amended up to 2003. The document sets out the rights and powers of the executive, legislative and judicial functions of government in the region. It also details the individual rights of the citizen.

Constitution of Mauritania

The Mauritanian Constitution of 1991, provided by the International Constitutional Law (ICL) Project at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The document sets out the functions and powers of the main branches of government, including the judiciary, executive and legislative bodies. It also details the rights of individual citizens.

Constitution of Morocco

This site contains the full-text PDF of the Constitution of Morocco as adopted on 13th September 1996. The information is made freely available on the website of the T.C Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in the United States and is supplied by the Morocco Ministry of Communication. The document is in English and details the functions and powers of the main branches of government including the executive, legislative, parliament and the judiciary. It also establishes the the human and civil rights of the individual citizens of Morocco.

Constitution of Portugal

The text of the 1976 Portuguese Constitution updated to 1989, provided in English by the International Constitutional Law (ICL) project at the University of Bern in Switzerland.The site also offers brief historical information about the constitution. There are links to information about constitutional revisions on Portuguese websites.

Constitution of the Republic of Iceland

English version of the Constitution of Iceland provided by the Government Offices of Iceland. The Constitution covers the role and function of the President, the State Council, Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament) and the judiciary. There are also sections dealing with the electoral system, the role of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (state church) and the rights, freedoms and obligations of citizens. This version contains amendments made up to June 1999.

Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Washington DC

This is the official website of the Haitian Embassy in the United States. It provides access to basic factual information about the economy, business opportunities, culture and society of Haiti. It includes access to press releases from the Haitian government plus links to Haitian government Websites. The press releases contain information on elections, human rights and violence in the region. A selection of legal materials are provided on the site including a copy of the 1987 Constitution (in French and English) and a copy of the country's Electoral Law (in French).

Constitution of South Africa

Full-text online version of the South African Constitution made freely available in English on the South African Government Information website. The Constitution was adopted in 1996 and covers co-operative government, parliament, the President and National Executive, the provinces, local government, the courts and administration of justice, public administration, security services and a Bill of Rights. The site includes amendments to the Constitution and links to earlier versions of the Constitution.

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