Constitution Building around the World – 2015 at a Glance/Selection

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Voices from the Field - 2015 Selection
	Constitutional and Governance Reforms in Sri Lanka Asanga Welikala	Presidentialism in Turkey: Is it Already Here? Ozan Varol	Chile’s quest to introduce a Constitution elaborated under democratic conditions Javier Couso Salas
	Constitutional Reform in Armenia and its Comparative Implications Artak Galyan	Proposed amendments in Myanmar: more legislative supremacy? Andrew McLeod	Nepal’s constitutional deal: significant milestone but short of a breakthrough Prabindra Shakya
	Agendas of Constitutional Decentralization in Ukraine William Partlett	Honduras: Term Limits Drama 2.0 - how the Supreme Court declared the Constitution Unconstitutional David Landau	Term Limits and Democratic Consolidation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Burundi Ken Opalo
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What we are reading this month

Africa	Rebel leader declares autonomous state in Central African Republic following constitutional referendum Liberia's president acknowledges Kenyan women's empowerment through the constitution Central African Republic constitution vote extended amid violence Heavy fighting breaks out in Central African Republic on day of constitutional referendum over presidential and parliamentary powers Zambia constitution bill passes parliament committee stage Rwanda sets date for constitutional referendum as December 18, 2015 Calls for constitutional amendment in Kenya, reserve seats for "women constituency representative"
Asia and the Pacific	Myanmar government forms support committee to manage transfer of power Armenia endorses constitutional reform to give power to prime minister in nationwide referendum Supreme Court judge T S Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India
Europe	Turkey's Erdogan states separate referenda can be held on constitution and presidential system Protests and counter-protests in Poland over constitutional court nominees Bulgaria's Justice Minister quits after judicial reform plan rejected by Parliament Slovakia amends constitution on detention of terror suspects, after Paris attacks Poland's president defies constitutional ruling amid crisis UK plan to scrap Human Rights Act delayed due to proposals to create constitutional court Spain's Constitutional Court annuls Catalan independence motion Poland's parliament appoints new constitutional court judges, claims that process is against the constitution
North Africa/Middle East	UN urges for lawmakers to support Libya accord, splits over power sharing remain
Latin America and the Caribbean	Chile launches constitutional reform process, starting with civic education

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