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Vanuatu

Location S Pacific Ocean, N of New Zealand
Latitude and longitude  16 00 S, 167 00 E
Sovereignty Independent
United Nations member? Yes
Political status notes Officially, "Republic of Vanuatu"; formerly known as the New Hebrides
Population  234,023
Census notes 2009
Land area in square kilometers 12,190
Capital  Port-Vila

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law

Other legal documents online

Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law

Vanuatu Sessional Legislation, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law; also available in French
Vanuatu Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial decisions and other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law

Sources and other useful websites

Country profile: Vanuatu, from the BBC News
Description du droit national, from Droit Francophone (French)
Finding Vanautu, from David Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer
Fishery Country Profile—The Republic of Vanuatu, from the Food and Agriculture Organization
Government of the Republic of Vanuatu
Independent States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K)
Republic of Vanuatu, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: Vanuatu
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook
Vanuatu, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003)
Vanuatu, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific
Vanuatu, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk
Vanuatu, map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the South Pacific
Vanuatu Sources of Law Information, by Professor Don Paterson of the University of the South Pacific, from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Vanuatu Statistics Office

Selected articles on law and political status

Governance in Vanuatu, by Elise Huffer and Grace Molisa,  from the Pacific Economic Bulletin (1999) (PDF 133K)
Is there horizontal or vertical enforcement of Constitutional rights in Vanuatu? Family Kalontano v Duruaki Council of Chiefs, by Miranda Forsyth, from volume 9 of the Journal of South Pacific Law (2005)
Island Courts in Vanuatu, by Anita Jowitt, from volume 3 of the Journal of South Pacific Law (1999) (slow-loading)
Land tenure and resource management: a major challenge in Vanuatu, by Russell Nari, from the Pacific Economic Bulletin (2000) (PDF 85K)

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