Constitution

• Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (external link) (Papua New Guinea Parliament)
• Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (external link) (PacLII)
• WIPO Lex: Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• International Constitutional Law: Papua New Guinea Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) Offers Background Note only

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Executive

• Prime Minister (external link); see also the Office of the Prime Minister (external link) which includes links to other executive branch agencies

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Judicial

• Supreme Court and National Courts of Papua New Guinea (external link)
• Magisterial Service of Papua New Guinea (external link)
• National Court Library (external link)
• PacLII Databases: Papua New Guinea (external link) - includes cases

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: Bese Taubadadia Hegogo (National Parliament) (external link)
• PacLII Databases: Papua New Guinea (external link) - includes legislation
• FAOLEX: Papua New Guinea (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
• NATLEX: Papua New Guinea (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: Papua New Guinea (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Papua New Guinea (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Papua New Guinea (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Papua New Guinea (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Library of Congress Search: Papua New Guinea (Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• ForIntLaw: Papua New Guinea (external link)
• Foreign Official Gazette Database: Papua New Guinea (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
• Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (external link) (LLRX) includes Papua New Guinea
• Update: Introduction to Researching South Pacific Law (external link)
• World Legal Information Institute: Papua New Guinea (external link) (WorldLII)

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General Sources

• World Digital Library: Papua New Guinea (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: Papua New Guinea Country Profile
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Papua New Guinea, Washington (external link)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• FAO Country Profiles: Papua New Guinea (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights in Papua New Guinea (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• U.S. Embassy, Port Moresby (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Bank: Papua New Guinea (external link)
• World Factbook: Papua New Guinea (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Papua New Guinea (external link)

For more information on Papua New Guinea, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Papua New Guinea
• Law Library of Congress Search: Papua New Guinea

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Last Updated: 08/16/2017