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Constitution
- Constitutions of Burma/Myanmar (external link) (AsianLII)
- Myanmar's Constitution of 2008 (external link) (Thailand. Secretariat of the Senate) PDF
- National and State Constitutions, Draft Constitutions, Amendments and Announcements (texts) (external link) (Burmalibrary.org)
- WIPO Lex: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Executive
- President's Office (external link)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)
- Ministry of Communications, Posts, and Telegraphs (external link)
Judicial
- Courts & Case Law (external link) (AsianLII)
- World Factbook: Burma: Government: Judicial Branch (external link) includes Supreme Court of the Union and lower courts (High Courts of the Region; High Courts of the State; Court of the Self-Administered Division; Court of the Self-Administered Zone; district and township courts; special courts; courts martial)
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Pyihtaungsu Hsoshelit Thamata Myanma Naingngantaw Pyantan [Catalog Record]
- PARLIAMENT: Pyidaungsu [Assembly of the Union] consisting of an upper house Amyotha Hluttaw [House of Nationalities] and lower house Pyithu Hluttaw [House of Representatives]
- Myanmar Legislation (external link) (AsianLII)
- Law and Notifications (external link) (Myanmar Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva)
- Human Rights of Parliamentarians: 185th Council Session (external link) from 2009 and previous year indexed from Human Rights Cases (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
- FAOLEX: Myanmar (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
- NATLEX: Myanmar (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Myanmar (external link) (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Myanmar (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Burma (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Burma (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Burma (Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Myanmar (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Burma (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- Legal System of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in a Nutshell (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Myanmar (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Myanmar (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Maps: Burma (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Myanmar (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Myanmar Country Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Burma (Myanmar) (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of the Union of Myanmar (external link)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- FAO Country Profiles: Myanmar (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Myanmar (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Myanmar National Library (external link)
- NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific (external link); BBC Burmese (external link)
- Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations, Geneva (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Rangoon (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Food Programme: Myanmar (external link)
- World Health Organization: Myanmar (external link)
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Last Updated: 08/16/2017
