ConstitutionNet Updates: July 2016

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ConstitutionNet Analyses - Voices from the Field
	Colombia’s judicialized peace process and its constitutional implications Professor David Landau	Myanmar: The constitutional implications of the peace process Dr Melissa Crouch	Sri Lanka’s search for constitutional consensus amid social and political divisions Dr Asanga Welikala	The Third Cote d’Ivoire Republic: Towards an inclusive constitutional reform process Piere Olivier Lobe
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What we are reading this month
	Op-ed: Iraq constitutional amendments face uphill battle amid parliamentary divisions	Op-ed: Thailand’s constitutional referendum uncertain as major parties reject draft	Op-ed: Will Turkey’s failed coup mean constitutional amendment to reinstate death penalty?	Op-ed: Brexit and the limits of direct democracy: Reform the referendum

Africa	Namibia cabinet blocks proposed constitutional amendment to reverse court decision on citizenship Botswana parliament debates constitutional amendment on specially elected MPs Ivory Coast parliament approves plan to hold referendum on new constitution Uganda to completely overhaul constitution, not just presidential age limit West Africa: A wave of constitutional reforms Liberia unlikely to hold constitutional referendum before 2017 elections Burkina Faso opposition threatens to boycott constitutional review process
Asia and the Pacific	Philippine Congress to be constituted as Constituent Assembly to amend constitution Australian voters support constitutional recognition of indigenous people: Survey Turkmenistan to adopt new constitution abolishing presidential age limits Japanese PM’s drive to change pacifist constitution collides with Buddhist allies Myanmar ethnic political parties: Reconciliation impossible without amending constitution Thai Constitutional Court approves ban on discussion of constitution ahead of referendum Indian Supreme Court to decide on constitutionality of religious divorce, polygamy Solomon Islands prime minster emphasizes homegrown constitutional reform process
Europe	Amended Polish law on Constitutional Court fails to address EU concerns Turkey’s main political parties agree on ‘small’ constitutional changes, Kurdish party unrepresented Azerbaijan Constitutional Court approves draft amendments to constitution Greek PM proposes extensive constitutional amendments; direct democracy in focus Albania adopts constitutional reforms on judiciary Romanian constitutional court paves way for constitutional change banning gay marriage Irish constitutional referendum to allow diaspora to vote likely Polish ombudsman to challenge anti-terror law in constitutional court Brexit vote paves way for federal union to save UK Polish ruling party leader confirms work on new constitution has started
North Africa/Middle East	Libya’s latest draft constitution: Concise summary Libya’s Constitution Drafting Assembly divided on fate of draft constitution Iraqi parliament establishes panel to amend constitution
Latin America and the Caribbean	Colombian Constitutional Court approves plebiscite on peace deal with FARC El Salvador Supreme Court invalidates civil war amnesty law as unconstitutional

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