Constitution

• Constitution (external link) (Niger National Assembly) July 18, 1999 national referendum; in French
• Proclamation des Forces Armées Nigériennes (external link) (Niger Government, via Internet Wayback Machine) archived April 2001; suspended the constitution; revised by national referendum on 12 May 1996

Executive

• President

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Judicial

• COURTS: Cour d'Etat; Cour d'Appel

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: National Assembly
• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel
• NATLEX - Niger (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Niger (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Niger (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• ForIntLaw: Niger (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• JURIST: Niger (external link) (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (external link) (Jane Williams via GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Niger (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Niger (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Background Note: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Niger (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Human Rights in Niger (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NEWS: BBC World Africa (external link); BBC French (external link); BBC Hausa (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Niamey (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Niger (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Niger (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Niger (external link) (Stanford University); Niger (external link) (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Niger (external link) (Columbia University)

For more information on Niger see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Niger

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Last Updated: 08/09/2012