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30 September 2021

In Barbados, parliament votes to amend constitution, paving the way to republican status

Guides and Handbooks

Legal Approaches to Responding to Emergencies: Covid-19 as a Case Study

by IDEA

People hold signs reading "Respect the constitution," in protest against the removal of Supreme Court judges and the Attorney General by El Salvador's congress, in San Salvador, 2 May 2021 (photo credit: Jose Cabezas / Reuters).

Voices From The Field

21 September 2021

A Highly Risky Proposal to Reform the Salvadoran Constitution

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, left, and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble Yasuyoshi (photo credit: Yasuyoshi CHIBA, Abdirahman Yusuf AFP/File)

News

20 September 2021

Somali president suspends prime minister’s executive powers

Parliament of Barbados (photo credit: Barbados Today)

Voices From The Field

30 August 2021

Barbados’s Long-drawn-out Promise of a Republic

Supreme Court (foreground) and Knesset building (middle ground) of Israel (photo credit: israeltourism licensed under CC BY 2.0)

Voices From The Field

16 August 2021

Basic Law Legislation: The Basic Law that can Make or Break Israeli Constitutionalism

Flag of Jordan at Petra (photo credit: 123rf)

Voices From The Field

29 July 2021

Modernizing Jordan’s Political System: The Unspoken Motivations

Bilingual traffic sign in Quebec City, Canada (photo credit: WorldAtlas.com)

Voices From The Field

30 June 2021

Quebec’s Bill 96: The Latest Chapter on Quebec and the Constitution

President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, president of the High Council for Reconciliation (photo credit: AFP/Office of the Chief Executive of Afghanistan)

Voices From The Field

26 May 2021

The Peace Process and Afghanistan’s Uncertain Constitutional Future

Flag of Haiti (photo credit: pixabay)

Voices From The Field

3 March 2021

Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution

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