Asian and Pacific Law: Laos

Includes the Constitution, an up to date but limited legislation collection, and other resources arranged by subject matter.

From CRIN (Children's Rights International Network), and featuring information on researching the law as well as a list of relevant legislation.

Includes key and related domestic Acts and regulations in the area of intellectual property.

From the International Labour Organization. Labour, social security and related human rights legislation index, providing abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information with some full text.

From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

Domestic environmental law related laws and regulations. Ecolex is compiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Provides an overview of the tax system in the Lao PDR, including corporate and income tax, indirect tax, treaties and free trade agreements. Updated May 2013. From KPMG.

Links to relevant international and domestic legislation, information concerning international and regional treaties adherence, links to resolutions and reports from the UN and regional organisations, and a link to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. From the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Includes food and trade statistics, and facts and domestic legislation regarding pests and diseases, forestry, food security, natural resources, technical co-operation and water management.

A 2005 publication from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Includes chapters on the legal structure and state and civil society.

Published in July 2013 by the Law Research and International Cooperation Institute of the Lao PDR Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the UN development Programme.

From the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

From the Asia Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO dedicated to improving lives across developing Asia. Includes publications dealing with law and governance issues.

Use the dropdown menu to find a country. From the Dag Hammarskjold Library. Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States. Includes Resolutions granting membership, statements in the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council, sponsored draft resolutions, and Periodic Reports on Human Rights Conventions.

Including diplomatic statements, Government information, press releases and other resources.

From the International Labour Organization, and including national labour laws, surveys, treaty ratifications and official comments on the country by the UN supervisory bodies.

Provides information regarding the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic's interaction with UN treaty based and charter based human rights bodies, including reports, observations, publications and other materials.

Multilateral and bilateral treaties involving the Lao PDR.

Bilateral and multilateral treaties involving the Lao PDR.

From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, this provides information on which human rights treaties Laos has ratified. Also provides links to the treaties.

From the Rule of Law in Armed Conflict Project. Includes adherence information on treaties in the following subject areas: humanitarian law, human rights law, weapons, refugees, criminal law and terrorism. Also includes links to international court and tribunal decisions.