Issue 4, April 2015

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ConstitutionNet Analyses from the Field
	Thailand’s next post-coup constitution: Uncharted territory to ‘true democracy’ or same old trodden path back to authoritarianism? Saksith Saiyasombut	Constitutional Hurdle-Race: Contemporary Constitution-Making in Ukraine Maxim Timofeev	Sharia and the Nigerian Constitution: Strange Bedfellows Daniel Agbiboa	What do the people want? Demands for expansion of rights and a Christian state through constitutional reform in Liberia Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
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What we are reading this month
	Five years into implementing the Kenyan Constitution: Politics of gender and the “where next? Joan Birika	Honduran Opposition Not Giving Up on Presidential-Reelection Ban Elena Toledo	Aung San Suu Kyi says boycott of the election is an option	Fixing Vision 2016: Some Options for the Somali Federal Institutions Abdurahman Hosh Jibril

Africa	Burundi Constitutional Court to Examine President’s Third Term Bid Zambia: Constitutional Amendment to be tabled in Parliament in June Puntland, Juba back federalism in Somalia Sierra Leone: Recommendations for Gender Equality for the Constitutional Review Committee
Asia and the Pacific	Thai Parties Banned From Debating Draft Constitution Taking up the 19th Amendment for debate is a gross violation of the constitution Sri Lanka: 19th Amendment to the constitution adopted Sri Lanka: 19A Amendment on presidential powers and independent institutions presented in Parliament Sri Lankan President agrees to general elections only after introducing electoral reforms Sri Lanka: UNP plans Constituent Assembly to pass entirely new Constitution Draft Thai Constitution To Include Gender Quota
Europe	Bulgaria’s President Backs Judicial Reform through Constitutional Changes First session of the newly established Constitutional Commission held in Ukraine Working group members of the Ukrainian Constitutional Commission to be approved on April 15
North Africa/Middle East	Libya: Constitutional Draft ready “in less than four months” - says President of the Constitution Drafting Assembly Implementing Tunisia’s New Constitution: Requirements and Roadmap
The Americas	Chile Announces Plans to Shed Dictator Pinochet Constitution

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