Constitution

• The Constitution (external link) (Qatar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• International Constitutional Law: Qatar Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Arabic

Executive

• Monarchy; Prime Minister; Council of Ministers; see Amiri Diwan (external link) official government portal
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)

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Judicial

• COURTS: Courts of First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation; Administrative Court and Constitutional Court; see The Judiciary (external link) (Qatar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Shura [Advisory Council]
• Al Meezan (external link) (Qatar Ministry of Justice) new legal portal containing laws and regulations from 1961 to present
• NATLEX: Qatar (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• PARLINE: Qatar (external link) (Inter-Parliamentary Union)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Qatar (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Qatar (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• A Guide to Qatar's Legal System (external link) (GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Qatar (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Qatar (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Qatar (Library of Congress) January 1993
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Qatar (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Human Rights in Qatar (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Middle East Studies: Qatar (external link) (Columbia University)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Qatar National Library (external link)
• NEWS: Al Jazira (external link); BBC World Middle East (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Doha (U.S. Dept. of State)
• U.S. Relations With Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Qatar (external link) (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Yahoo: Qatar (external link)

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Last Updated: 12/29/2012