Legislation

Constitution of Austria

Electronic copy of the 1920 Constitution of Austria (which was reinstated in 1945) 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 2009. The document describes the powers and functions of the executive, legislative and judicial functions of government. It also outlines the rights and responsibilities of the individual citizen.

Constitution of the Côte d'Ivoire

Electronic copy of the 2016 Constitution of the Côte d'Ivoire made freely available by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and has sections on the founding principles of the Republic, the functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, the Constitutional Council and the traditional chieftaincy. It also outlines the rights and responsibilities of the individual citizen. 

EPLex Employment Protection Legislation Database

EPLex is an International Labour Organization (ILO) resource that provides information on employment termination legislation in the various ILO member states. Legislation can be browsed by country and is usually provided in the original language. The information is also broken down and aspects such as employment contracts, substantive requirements for dismissal, severance and redundancy payments can also be browsed by country. An advanced search option is also available.

Global Database on Occupational Safety and Health Legislation (LEGOSH)

This International Labour Organization (ILO) database brings together occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation and regulatory frameworks from around the world. The database can be browsed by country or searched by keyword. The information is arranged by themes eg. regulatory framework, OSH inspection and enforcement of legislation, employers’ duties and responsibilities and specific hazards or risks. Full-text legislation is linked to via the ILO’s database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation (NATLEX), usually in the original language.

Red de Boletines Oficiales de la República Argentina

Gateway to all the Argentinian official gazettes: the gazettes of the Republic of Argentina, the Federal District of Buenos Aires (Ciudad de Buenos Aires) and the twenty-three Argentinian provinces (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego and Tucuman).The government of each of these jurisdictions has its own official gazettes, in it publishes legislation and other official material.

Antigua & Barbuda Laws

Collection of legislation from Antigua and Barbuda, provided by the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Many of the acts available on the site are reproduced from the Revised Laws of Antigua and Barbuda, the periodic official compilation of acts in force (these acts have chapter numbers); others are acts as passed, from the Antigua and Barbuda Official Gazette. Acts can be browsed by title, or by volume of the Revised Laws; there is also an index by year, but this is much more limited in scope.

Attorney General’s Chambers: Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Attorney General’s website has a Laws section that provides the Revised Laws 2014 plus annual ordinances and subsidiary legislation from 2015 onwards; the documents are in an e-book reader format that is searchable, but does not permit printing or downloading. The website also includes news and information about the work of the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Constitution of Honduras

An online version of the Constitution of Honduras made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas, hosted by Georgetown University in the United States. The Political Database of the Americas website can be viewed in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. A full-text version of the Constitution of Honduras from 1982 is available, with reforms from 2005 and 2006. The Constitution is provided in Spanish only with sections on the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the government, and the basic rights and duties of citizens.

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