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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
Representative
Government
Government
Fundamental
Rights
Rights
Checks on
Government
Government
Impartial
Administration
Administration
Participatory
Engagement
Engagement
Basic Information
Population 
7 379 360
System of government
Communist State
Head of government
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh (since 2021)
Head of government party
People's Revolutionary Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
Block Vote
Women in lower or single chamber
22.0%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2021
Head of state
President Thongloun Sisoulith
Selection process for head of state
Indirect election (assembly)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
21/01/2020
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
70.80%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Attributes Over Time
Representative Government
Dec 2022
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May 2023
Fundamental rights
Dec 2022
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May 2023
Checks on government
Dec 2022
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May 2023
Impartial administration
Dec 2022
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May 2023
Participatory engagement
Dec 2022
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May 2023
GSoD Indices
Regime type
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