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General Resources, Politics, and Human Rights

• Amnesty International on Zambia--Brief Profile (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• Constitution of the Republic of Zambia
  • Constitution of Zambia, 1991 and Amendments, 1996 (Axel Tschentscher, Institut für öffentliches Recht, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
    
  • Constitution of Zambia (1991 and 1996) (via The Zambian Legal Information Institute--ZAMLII, Lusaka, Zambia)
  
  
• Electoral Commission of Zambia (1991-2008) (Lusaka, Zambia)
  A tabulation of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia; plus related news....including information on elections since 1991!
  
  
• Electoral Institute of Southern Africa on Zambia (2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  A country profile, plus links to electoral monitoring reports for the September 2006 elections and information on 2008.
  
  
• The Government Web Portal for Zambia (See below)
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Zambia (New York & Washington, DC)
  • HRW on Zambia (Press releases, campaign statements, and reports)
  • Hidden in the mealie meal: gender-based abuses and women's HIV treatment in Zambia (December 2007). Human Rights Watch report; Vol. 19, no. 18 (A). 100 pages in PDF format.
    
    
  • Suffering in silence: the links between human rights abuses and HIV transmission to girls in Zambia (Nov. 2002). Research by Janet Fleischmann and Joane Csete; written by Janet Fleischmann. -- New York: HRW, 2003.
  • Zambia, 2000. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2001. (Online).
  • Zambia, 1999. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2000. (Online).
  • Zambia, 1998-99. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1999. (Online).
  • Zambia, 1997-98. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. (Online).
  
  
• Law Association of Zambia (Lusaka)
  
  
• Legal Resources Foundation of Zambia (Lusaka)
  The site features information about activities, annual reports, and LRF News on human rights issues in Zambia.
  
  
• MMD--Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (Lusaka, Zambia)
  The political party of Rupiah Banda in 2008, formerly led by Levy Mwanawasa and ruling party in government since 1991.
  -- See also: Rupiah Banda's Home Page (2008)
  
  
• Patriotic Front (2006) (Lusaka, Zambia)
  A major political party in opposition led by Michael Sata.
  -- See also: Michael Sata's Home Page (2008)
  
  
• Republic of Zambia on the Internet
  • Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in the United States (Washington, DC)
    
  • Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations (New York)
    
  • State Information Centre -- The Government Web Portal (Lusaka)
    • See also: State House below
  
  
• Republic of Zambia, State House Office of The President (Lusaka)
  
  
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Zambia (2009)
  
  
• United States. Department of State: Zambia. (Washington, DC)
  • U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia
  • Zambia Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
  • Washington line. (Online) -- Lusaka, Zambia: United States Embassy, Public Affairs Section, 2000-
    Current issue and sometimes a few recent back issues.
  
  
• The Zambian.Com (Lusaka)
  A general resource site --under reconstruction since September 2008-- with links to some government information on the economy, selected news reports, business and tourist information, and misc. Zambiana.
  
  
• ZAMLII--The Zambian Legal Information Institute (Lusaka)
  "[Founded in 1996]...our collection of legal information in Zambia includes The Constitution of the Greater Republic of Zambia, rules and selected decisions of the courts, selected acts, legal commentary, a legal directory, and finally, information about the University of Zambia School of Law."
  
  
• ZAMNET Communication Systems, Ltd. (Lusaka, Zambia)
  This site is the most extensive for Zambia, with links to Internet services in Zambia and a general gateway to news, businesses, and all sorts of Zambia-related information on the Internet.
  
  
• Zambia Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)