ConstitutionNet Updates: September 2016

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ConstitutionNet Analyses - Voices from the Field
	Zambia’s failed constitutional referendum: What next? Professor Cephas Lumina	Making sense of Uganda’s stalled Age-Limit Bill Dr. Busingye Kabumba	Strengthening the Judiciary in Albania – the story behind the success of the 2016 constitutional reforms Gent Ibrahimi	Singapore’s Constitutional Commission: Altering the Elected Presidency to Ensure Multiracialism Dr. Jaclyn L. Neo
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What we are reading this month
	Op-ed: Colombian plebiscite for peace and democracy: A “bark and no bite” endgame?	Op-ed: Italy’s constitutional referendum towards a weaker Senate: A high stakes political exercise	Op-ed: Nigerian youth engagement in constitutional review to enhance political participation	Op-ed: Azerbaijan – A New Constitutional Reform: Towards a Monarchical Presidency?

Africa	Ugandan parliament rejects proposed constitutional amendment to extend judicial age limits Guinea Bissau to reform constitution, defense sector to end crisis Kenyan women organizations to petition courts over the 2/3 gender rule
Asia and the Pacific	Azerbaijan: voters approve constitutional amendments to extend presidential powers Turkmenistan parliament adopts constitutional amendment extending term and age limits Nepal government to table constitutional amendment to address identity issues Singapore constitution review commission report on presidency released Myanmar ethnic groups say constitutional change necessary Sri Lankan Tamil leader assures new constitution within a united, undivided country Indian minister calls for reservation for economically backward from upper castes
Europe	Italy sets constitutional referendum for December 4 Poland urged by European Parliament to end Constitutional Court crisis Cyprus amends constitution to abolish death penalty Ukrainian president says no constitutional amendment on decentralization before progress in security Azerbaijan: PACE requests Venice Commission for opinion on amendments to constitution Turkish constitutional committee discusses restructuring judicial council, increasing parliamentary terms
North Africa/Middle East	Lebanese Christian party leader warns against attempts to amend constitution
Latin America and the Caribbean	Costa Rican citizen group seeks referendum on adopting new constitution

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