Issue 6, June 2015

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ConstitutionNet Analyses from the Field
	Myanmar: Proposed amendments seek to entrench legislative supremacy and devolve marginal autonomy to local governments Andrew McLeod		Nepal’s constitutional deal: significant milestone but short of a breakthrough Prabindra Shakya
	Consolidating Democracy in Tanzania: Presidential Powers under the Proposed Constitution David Marari	Hudud and the Struggle for Malaysia’s Constitutional Soul Dr. Jaclyn L. Neo, and Dr. Dian A. H. Shah		Italy towards institutional re-design: a constitutional and political marathon Diego Antonino Cimino
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What we are reading this month
	Campaign Carrot - Constitutional Reform Plans in Zambia	Colombian Congress Eliminates Presidential Re-Election	Sri Lanka: Dissolution further delayed as 20A gets entangled in No-Confidence motions	Women and Indigenous People on Nepal’s Slippery Fast-Track

Africa	Referendum on the draft constitution indefinitely suspended in Tanzania Kenya: Caucus formed to spearhead gender rule campaign Zambia: new constitutional draft bill to be published next week Burkina Faso's Interim President: new constitution needs to be drafted after the October elections
Asia and the Pacific	Sri Lankan Parliament dissolved Myanmar parliament rejects bill to curb army constitution veto Nepal: Drafting panel endorses first draft of new constitution Myanmar Parliament Begins Debate on Bill to Amend Constitution Japan: Support for Abe security bills slumps: survey Sri Lanka: Parliament to be dissolved tomorrow? Nepal: major parties refuse to accept Supreme Court order and plan to deliver a draft constitution by mid-July Nepal: Supreme Courts halts the 16-point pact on the new constitution Taiwan: Constitution bill fails to pass on last session day Nepal's new Draft Constitution likely in 15 days Thailand: Referendum on the Draft Constitution set for 10 January 2016 Thailand: If new constitution is passed on referendum, elections are likely in Aug 2016 Myanmar’s Ruling Party Submits Draft Bill to Permit Charter Reform Sri Lanka cabinet approves proposal on 20th Amendment to the Constitution Nepal parties reach agreement on new Constitution?
Europe	Bulgarian parliament establishes committee on constitutional amendments Bulgaria: Judicial Council to give opinion on proposed amendments on judicial reform by July 15

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Discussion Report on the ’Interim Constitutions in post-Conflict Settings’ inaugural workshop of the Post-Conflict Constitution Building Dialogues series (prepared by Celia Davies, edited by Kimana Zulueta-Fuelscher, Asanga Welikala, Sumit Bisarya and Christine Bell)
Constitutions Made Simple – videos in English, Spanish, Arabic and Hungarian

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Issue 6, June 2015

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