This is the text of the law regulating elections in Syria at the presidential, legislative and local administration levels.

The text of the executive regulations for the political parties law enacted in 2011.

This text serves as the de-facto constitution of the areas of Syria under the control of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, also known as Rojava.

The full text of the 1973 Constitution, which remained in force until 2012. At the bottom you will find the amendments to the text.

This law, which has been updated several times in the past years, regulates the ownership, transfer and registration of land in border areas.

This key document provides the first legal framework for decentralisation in Syria. It was passed in October 2011, a few months after the beginning of the uprising.

The following text is the English translation of a Syrian draft constitution written by the Russian government in 2016.

The Syrian Constitution of 1950   Preamble We, the representatives of the Arab people of Syria, gathered in Constituent Assembly by the will of God and the desire of the free people, introduce the declaration of this Constitution for the realisationof the following sacred goals:

The political parties law was the first to be approved in decades in Syria. It allows the formation of political parties and at the time of its enactment, in August 2011, it was presented by the government as a concession to the opposition as countrywide protests were gripping the country.

This is the full text of the current Syrian Constitution.