Diversity and Conflict/Minority Issues
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News
23 December 2015
Nepal to amend new constitution after pressures from Madhesi community and India
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News
30 November 2015
French government seeks to write state of emergency into constitution
![Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party cheer as they watch the results of the Myanmar general election on an LED screen in Yangon. (photo credit: Khin Maung Win/AP) Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party cheer as they watch the results of the Myanmar general election on an LED screen in Yangon. (photo credit: Khin Maung Win/AP)](/sites/default/files/5616_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 November 2015
Myanmar: Suu Kyi’s long haul towards constitutional reforms
![Sushil Koirala, head of Nepali Congress (photo credit: Indian Express) Sushil Koirala, head of Nepali Congress (photo credit: Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/nepal_-_indian_express_0.jpg)
News
27 November 2015
Nepal Congress to form alliance with Madhesis
![Nepalese Madhesi leaders and supporters observe a minute of silence in the memory of people killed in South Nepal protest in Kathmandu, on 23.11.2015 (photo credit: Business Standard) Nepalese Madhesi leaders and supporters observe a minute of silence in the memory of people killed in South Nepal protest in Kathmandu, on 23.11.2015 (photo credit: Business Standard)](/sites/default/files/nepal_-_business_standard_0.jpg)
News
24 November 2015
Nepal parties agree to amend constitution to accommodate Madhesis
![A Syrian pro-government fighter walks near the Kweyris military air base in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Nov. 11. Syria’s army broke a more than year-long jihadist siege of a military air base in the country’s north, scoring its first major breakthrough since Russia’s air campaign began. (photo credit: AFP/Getty Images) A Syrian pro-government fighter walks near the Kweyris military air base in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Nov. 11. Syria’s army broke a more than year-long jihadist siege of a military air base in the country’s north, scoring its first major breakthrough since Russia’s air campaign began. (photo credit: AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/syria_-_afp_0.jpg)
News
18 November 2015
Op-Ed: Syria doesn't need a "Dayton accord", and the role of ancient ethnic hatreds is misunderstood
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News
12 November 2015
Russia tables political process in Syria, calling for a new constitution within 18 months
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News
2 November 2015
Ban Ki-moon states that the UN does not recognise Catalonia's right to self-determination
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Analysis
Mechanisms for Indigenous Representation, Participation and Consultation in Constitutional Systems: International Examples to Inspire Chile
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Voices From The Field
30 October 2015
Vision 2016 in Autumn 2015: What can still be achieved in the Somali peace- and state-building process?
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