CONSTITUTIONS A-Z

May 2010

 

 

 

Ø       AFGHANISTAN  

Pashto and Dari version

English version

 

Ø       ALBANIA  

Albanian version

English version

 

Ø       ALGERIA 

Arabic version

French version

 

Ø       AMERICAN SAMOA

English

 

Ø       ANDEAN COMMUNITY

 

Ø       ANDORRA

Catalan version

French version

English version

 

Ø       ANGOLA

Portuguese version

English version

 

Ø       ANGUILLA

English version

 

Ø       ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

English version

 

Ø       ARGENTINA

Spanish version

English version

 

Ø       ARMENIA

Armenian version

Russian version

English version

 

Ø       ARUBA (Netherlands)

 

Ø       AUSTRALIA

English version

 

Ø       AUSTRIA

German – English - French versions

 

Ø       AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani version

Russian version

English version

 

Ø       BAHAMAS

English version

 

Ø       BAHREIN

Arabic version

English version

 

Ø       BANGLADESH

English version

 

Ø       BARBADOS

English version

 

Ø       BASSAS DA INDIA (France)

 

Ø       BELARUS

Russian version

English version

 

Ø                   BELGIUM

French version

Dutch version

German version

English version

 

 

Ø                   BELIZE

English version

 

 

Ø                   BENIN

French version

English version

 

Ø                   BERMUDA (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   BHUTAN

Dzongkha version

English version

 

Ø                   BOLIVIA

Spanish version

 

Ø                   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Bosnian version

Croatian version

Serbian version

English version

 

Ø                   BOTSWANA

 English version

 

Ø                   BRAZIL

Portuguese version

 

Ø                   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

English version

 

Ø                   BULGARIA

Bulgarian version

English version

 

Ø       BURKINA FASO

French version

 

Ø       BURUNDI

French version

 

Ø       CAMBODIA

Cambodian version

English version

 

Ø       CAMEROON

English version

French version

 

Ø       CANADA

English version

French version

Spanish version

 

Ø       CAPE VERDE

English version

 

Ø       CAYMAN ISLANDS (UK)

English version

 

Ø       CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

French version

 

Ø       CHAD

French version

 

Ø       CHILE

Spanish version

 

Ø       CHINA

English version

Chinese version

 

Ø       CLIPPERTON ISLAND (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (Australia)

English version (Cocos Islands Act)

 

Ø       COLOMBIA

Spanish version

 

Ø       COMOROS

French version

 

Ø       CONGO

French version (updated to 2002)

 

Ø       CONGO, Dem. Rep. of

 French version

 

Ø       COOK ISLANDS (New Zealand)

English version

 

Ø       COSTA RICA

Spanish version

English version

 

Ø       CROATIA

English version

Croatian version

 

Ø       CUBA

Spanish version

English version

 

Ø       CYPRUS

Adopted in 1960

English version

Greek version

Spanish version

 

Ø       CZECH REPUBLIC

English version

 

Ø       CÔTE D'IVOIRE

French version

 

Ø       DENMARK

English version

 

Ø       DJIBOUTI

French version (1992 version)

French version (2006 amendment)

French version (2008 amendment)

 

Ø       DOMINICA

English version

 

Ø       DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Spanish version

 

Ø       ECUADOR

Spanish version

 

Ø       EGYPT

 English version

 Arabic version  

French version  

 

Ø       EL SALVADOR

Spanish version

 

Ø       EQUATORIAL GUINEA

English version

Spanish version

French version

 

Ø       ERITREA

English version

 

Ø       ESTONIA

English version

 

Ø       ETHIOPIA

English version

 

Ø       EUROPA ISLAND (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       EUROPEAN UNION

English version (Draft Constitution 2004)

French version (Draft Constitution 2004)

Spanish version (Draft Constitution 2004)

 

Ø       FAEROE ISLANDS (Denmark)

Danish Constitution applies

 

Ø       FALKLAND ISLANDS (UK)

English version

 

Ø       FIJI

English version

 

Ø       FINLAND

English version

Finnish version

 

Ø       FRANCE

French version (updated to 2010)

English version (updated to 2008)

Spanish version (updated to 2008)

 

Ø       FRENCH GUIANA (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       FRENCH POLYNESIA (Fr.)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       GABON

French version

 

Ø       GAMBIA

English version

 

Ø       GEORGIA

English version

 

Ø       GERMANY

French version

English version

German version

 

Ø       GHANA

English version

 

Ø       GIBRALTAR (UK)

English version

 

Ø       GLORIOSO ISLAND (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       GREECE

English version

 

Ø       GREENLAND (Denmark)

English version  (Self-Government Act together with the Danish Constitution constitutes Greenland’s constitutional position in the Unity of the Realm)

 

Ø       GRENADA

English version

 

Ø       GUADELOUPE (FRANCE)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø       GUAM (USA)

English version

 

Ø       GUATEMALA

Spanish version

 

Ø       GUERNSEY (UK)

English legal system applies

 

Ø       GUINEA

French version

 

Ø       GUINEA-BISSAU

French version

 

Ø       GUYANA

English version

 

Ø       HAITI

English version

French version

 

Ø       VATICAN - HOLY SEE

The new Fundamental Law of the State of Vatican City

 

Ø       HONDURAS

Spanish version

English version

 

Ø                   HUNGARY

English version

Hungarian version

 

Ø                   ICELAND

English version

 

Ø                   INDIA

English version

Hindi version

 

Ø                   INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   INDONESIA

English version

 

Ø                   IRAN (Islamic Republic of)

English version

 

Ø                   IRAQ

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   IRELAND

English version

 

Ø                   ISRAEL

English version

 

Ø                   ITALY

English version

French version

Italian version

 

Ø                   JAMAICA

English version

 

Ø                   JAN MAYEN (Norway)

Norwegian Constitution applies

 

Ø                   JAPAN

English version

Japanese version

 

Ø                   Jersey (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   JORDAN

English version

 

Ø                   JUAN-NOVA ISLAND (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   KAZAKHSTAN

English version

Russian version

Kazak version

 

Ø                   KENYA

English version

 

Ø                   KIRIBATI

English version (1980)

English version (1995 amendment)

 

Ø                   KOREA, Dem. People's Rep

English version

 

Ø                   KOREA, Republic of

English version

 

Ø                   KUWAIT

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   KYRGYZSTAN

English version

Russian version

 

Ø                   LAO, People's Dem. Rep.

English version

 

Ø                   LATVIA

English version

Latvian version

 

Ø                   LEBANON

English version (Updated to 1990)

Arabic version (Updated to 2004)

 

Ø                   LESOTHO

English version

 

Ø                   LIBERIA

English version

 

Ø                   LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

English version

 

Ø                   LIECHTENSTEIN

English version

German version

 

Ø                   LITHUANIA

English version

Lithuanian version

 

Ø                   LUXEMBOURG

French version (Updated to 2009)

English version (Updated to 1998)

 

Ø                   MACAU (China)

English version

Portuguese version

Chinese version

 

Ø                   MACEDONIA, FYR

English version

French version

Macedonian version

 

Ø                   MADAGASCAR

French version (updated to 2007)

English version (1992 version)

 

Ø                   MALAWI

English version

 

Ø                   MALAYSIA

English version

 

Ø                   MALDIVES

English version

Dhivehi version

 

Ø                   MALI

English version

French version

 

Ø                   MALTA

English version

Maltese version

 

Ø                   MARSHALL ISLANDS

English version

 

Ø                   MARTINIQUE (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   MAURITANIA

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   MAURITIUS

English version (updated to 2001)

English version (2003 amendment)

English version (2003, II amendment)

English version (2008 amendment)

 

Ø                   MAYOTTE (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   MEXICO

Spanish version (Updated to 2009)

English version (Updated to 2005)

 

Ø                   MICRONESIA, Fed. States

English version

 

Ø                   MOLDOVA, Republic of

English version

Moldovan version

 

Ø                   MONACO

French version

 

Ø                   MONGOLIA

English version (1992)

English version (1999 amendment)

 

Ø                   MONTENEGRO

English version

Montenegrin version

 

Ø                   MONTSERRAT (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   MOROCCO

English version

French version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   MOZAMBIQUE

English version

Portuguese version

 

Ø                   MYANMAR

English version

 

Ø                   NAMIBIA

English version

 

Ø                   NAURU

English version

 

Ø                   NEPAL

English version

Nepali version

 

Ø                   NETHERLANDS

English version (2002)

Dutch version (Updated to 2008)

 

Ø                   NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Dutch Constitution applies

 

Ø                   NEW CALEDONIA (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   NEW ZEALAND

English version

Bill of Rights Act 1990

 

Ø                   NICARAGUA

Spanish version

 

Ø                   NIGER

French version

 

Ø                   NIGERIA

English version

 

Ø                   NIUE (New Zealand)

English version

Niuean version

 

Ø                   NORFOLK ISLANDS (AUSTRALIA)

English version

 

Ø                   NORTHERN MARIANA IS. (USA)

English version

 

Ø                   NORWAY

English version

Norwegian version

 

Ø                   OMAN

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   PAKISTAN

English version (updated to 2003)

English version (2007 amendment)

English version (2007 II amendment)

 

Ø                   PALAU

English version

 

Ø                   Palestinian Authority

- Basic Law, 2003 Arabic version

- Basic Law, 2003  English version

- Basic Law 2005 amendment English version

 

Ø                   PANAMA

Spanish version

 

Ø                   PAPUA NEW GUINEA

English version

 

Ø                   PARAGUAY

English version

Spanish version

 

Ø                   PERU

Spanish version (updated to 2009)

English version (updated to 2005)

 

Ø                   PHILIPPINES

English version

 

Ø                   PITCAIRN (UK)

English version

 

Ø                   POLAND

English version

Polish version

French version

Russian version

 

Ø                   PORTUGAL

Portuguese version

English version

 

Ø                   PUERTO RICO (USA)

English version

Spanish version

 

Ø                   QATAR

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   RÉUNION (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   ROMANIA

English version

French version

Romanian version

 

Ø                   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

English version

Russian version

French version

German version

 

Ø                   RWANDA

English version

French version

Kinyarwanda version

 

Ø                   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

English version

 

Ø                   SAINT LUCIA

English version

 

Ø                   SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

English version

 

Ø                   SAMOA

English version

Samoan version

 

Ø                   SAN MARINO

No Constitution

 

Ø                   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

Portuguese version

 

Ø                   SAUDI ARABIA

English version

 

Ø                   SENEGAL

French version

 

Ø                   SERBIA

English version

Serbian version

 

 

Ø                  SEYCHELLES

French version (1993)

English version (updated to 2000)

 

Ø                   SIERRA LEONE

English version (1991)

English version (amendment 1997)

English version (amendment 2001)

English version (amendment 2008)

 

Ø                   SINGAPORE

English version

 

Ø                   SLOVAKIA

English version (updated to 1999)

Slovak version (updated to 2004)

 

Ø                   SLOVENIA

English version

French version

German version

Slovene version

 

Ø                   SOLOMON ISLANDS

English version

 

Ø                   SOMALIA

Somalia Transitional Federal Charter

English version

 

Ø                   SOUTH AFRICA

English version

 

Ø                   SPAIN

Spanish version

English version

 

Ø                   SRI LANKA

English version (updated to 2000)

English version (2001 amendment)

 

Ø                   ST. PIERRE-MIQUELON (Fr.)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   SUDAN

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   SURINAME

English version

Dutch version

 

Ø                   SVALBARD (Norway)

Norwegian Constitution applies

 

Ø                   SWAZILAND

English version

 

Ø                   SWEDEN

The Constitution (updated to 1989):

- The Instrument of Government English version

- The Act of Succession English version

- The Freedom of the Press Act English version

-  The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression English version

The Constitution (updated to 2002):

- The Instrument of Government  Swedish version

- The Act of Succession  Swedish version

- The Freedom of the Press Act  Swedish version

-  The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression  Swedish version

 

 

Ø                   SWITZERLAND

English version (unofficial translation)

French version

German version

Italian version

 

Ø                   SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

English version

Arabic version

 

Ø                   TAJIKISTAN

English version

Russian version

 

Ø                   TANZANIA, Un. Rep. of

English version (updated to 1995)

Kiswahili version  (updated to 2000)

 

Ø                   THAILAND

English version

Thai version

 

Ø                   TIMOR-LESTE

English version

Portuguese version

Tetum version

Bahasa Indonesian version

 

Ø                   TOGO

French version

 

Ø                   TOKELAU (New Zealand)

English version

 

Ø                   TONGA

English version

Tongan version

 

Ø                   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

English version

 

Ø                   TROMELIN ISLAND (France)

French Constitution applies

 

Ø                   TUNISIA

English version (only updated to 1991)

Arabic version (2002)

French version (2002)

 

Ø                   TURKEY

English version

Turkish version

French version

 

Ø                   TURKMENISTAN

English version

Russian version

 

Ø                   TURKS-CAICOS ISLANDS (UK)

English version

English version (2009 amendment)

 

Ø                   TUVALU

English version

English version 1992 amendment

 

Ø                   UGANDA

English version

 

Ø                   UKRAINE

English version

Ukrainian version

Russian version

 

Ø                   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Arabic version

English version

 

Ø                   UNITED KINGDOM

Legal System (no Constitution) (1992)

 

Ø                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

English version

Spanish version

 

 

Ø                   URUGUAY

Spanish version (updated to 2004)

English version (unofficial translation, including amendments up to 1996)

 

Ø                   UZBEKISTAN

English version (2007 version)

Uzbek version (2007 version)

Russian version (2008 version)

 

Ø                   VANUATU

English version

French version  (1979 version)

 

Ø                   VENEZUELA, Boliv. Rep. of

Spanish version     

English version

 

Ø                   VIET NAM

English version

 

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.K.)

English version

 

Ø                   VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.A.)

English version

 

Ø                   WALLIS-FUTUNA ISLANDS (Fr.)

French Constitution applies (Territoire d’outre mer)

 

 

Ø                   YEMEN

English version

 

Ø                   ZAMBIA

English version

 

Ø                   ZIMBABWE

English version

 

 

 

LINKS:

INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND

FIND LAW

PROGRAM ON GOVERNANCE IN THE ARAB REGION

 

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