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Constitution
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (external link)
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
Executive
- King; Lhengye Shungtsog (Council of Ministers); Lodoi Tsokde (Royal Advisory Council)
Judicial
- COURTS: Judiciary (external link) - Supreme Court, the High Court, the Dzongkhag Courts, and any other Courts that may be established on the recommendation of the National Judicial Commission.
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: bicameral, consisting of the National Council (external link) and the National Assembly (external link)
- Acts of Bhutan (external link)
- FAOLEX: Bhutan (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
- NATLEX: Bhutan (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Bhutan (external link) (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Bhutan (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Bhutan (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Bhutan (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Bhutan (Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Bhutan (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- Bhutan (external link) (Bhutan Tourism Corporation Limited)
- Introduction to the Bhutanese Legal System (external link) (Bhutan. Judiciary)
- Update: Research Guide to the Legal System of the Kingdom of Bhutan (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Bhutan (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Bhutan (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Nepal and Bhutan (Library of Congress) September 1991
- Maps: Bhutan (Library of Congress)
- BBC News: Bhutan Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Bhutan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Bhutan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Bhutan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bhutan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Bhutan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Human Rights in Bhutan (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Bhutan (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Bhutan (external link)
- NEWS: Kuensel, Bhutan's National Newspaper (external link)
- World Factbook: Bhutan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Food Programme: Bhutan (external link)
- World Health Organization: Bhutan (external link)
For more information on Bhutan, see:
Last Updated: 03/23/2017
