Independent Commissions
![President Gotbaya Rajapaksa - right - swears in his brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister (photo credit: Reuters) President Gotbaya Rajapaksa - right - swears in his brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister (photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/President%20Gotbaya%20Rajapaksa%20-%20right%20.%20swears%20in%20his%20brother%20and%20former%20President%20Mahinda%20Rajapaksa%20as%20Prime%20Minister%20-%20Reuters.jpg)
Voices From The Field
8 September 2020
The Return of Sri Lanka’s Imperial Presidency: The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Bill
![Placard demands rule of law reforms during protests after killing of journalist Daphne Cauana Galizia in 2017 (photo credit: TheShift/Victor Paul Borg) Placard demands rule of law reforms during protests after killing of journalist Daphne Cauana Galizia in 2017 (photo credit: TheShift/Victor Paul Borg)](/sites/default/files/Placard%20demands%20rule%20of%20law%20reforms%20during%20protests%20after%20killing%20of%20journalist%20Daphne%20Cauana%20Galizia%20in%202017_TheShift_Victor%20Paul%20Borg.png)
Voices From The Field
27 July 2020
Malta’s wobbly constitutional and rule of law reform
![Robert Mugabe shakes hands with Morgan Tsvangirai after signing the new constitution into law (photo credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP) Robert Mugabe shakes hands with Morgan Tsvangirai after signing the new constitution into law (photo credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP)](/sites/default/files/Robert-Mugabe-and-Morgan%20Tsvangirai%20_The%20Guardian_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
26 February 2020
Fortifying Zimbabwe’s ‘Imperial’ Presidency? The Proposed Second Amendment to the Constitution
![Bulgarian's protest appointment of Prosecutor General - October 2019 (Photo credit: Mariya Babikyan/Twitter) Bulgarian's protest appointment of Prosecutor General - October 2019 (Photo credit: Mariya Babikyan/Twitter)](/sites/default/files/Bulgarian%27s%20protest%20appointment%20of%20Prosecutor%20General%20-%20Oc%202019%20-%20Mariya%20Babikyan.jpg)
Voices From The Field
24 January 2020
Bulgaria’s Balancing Act: Judicial and Prosecutorial Independence and Accountability
![President of Mongolia - second from right - receives proposed constitutional amendments from speaker - second from left (photo credit: Montsame) President of Mongolia - second from right - receives proposed constitutional amendments from speaker - second from left (photo credit: Montsame)](/sites/default/files/President%20of%20Mongolia%20-%20second%20from%20right-%20receives%20proposed%20constitutional%20amendments%20-%20Montsame.jpg)
Voices From The Field
20 January 2020
Mongolia’s Long, Participatory Route to Constitutional Reforms
![President Zelensky signs amendment abolishing immunity (photo credit: Ukrainian presidency) President Zelensky signs amendment abolishing immunity (photo credit: Ukrainian presidency)](/sites/default/files/President%20Zelensky%20signed%20amendment%20on%20parliamentary%20immunity_President%20of%20Ukraine.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
16 October 2019
A weaker Ukrainian parliament and de facto presidential system? Zelensky’s constitutional reform initiatives
![President George Vella - left - with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (photo credit: Office of the President) President George Vella - left - with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (photo credit: Office of the President)](/sites/default/files/President%20George%20Vella%20-%20left%20-%20with%20Prime%20Minister%20Joseph%20Muscat%20-%20Office%20of%20the%20President.jpg)
Voices From The Field
18 July 2019
Checking Malta’s Powerful Prime Minster through Constitutional Reforms
![Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Joseph Kabila (photo credit: AP) Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Joseph Kabila (photo credit: AP)](/sites/default/files/Congolese%20President%20Felix%20Tshisekedi%2C%20right%2C%20receives%20the%20presidential%20sash%20from%20outgoing%20president%20Joseph%20Kabila_AP.jpg)
Voices From The Field
5 February 2019
An agenda for constitutional reform in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
![Togolese Protesters demand end to Gnassingbe's rule (photo credit: Africa Portal) Togolese Protesters demand end to Gnassingbe's rule (photo credit: Africa Portal)](/sites/default/files/Togolese%20Protest%20Gnassingb%C3%A9s%20rule_AfricaPortal.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 January 2019
Togo’s continuing constitutional crisis and ECOWAS’s failed mediation effort
![Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickermesinghe (photo credit: BBC) Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickermesinghe (photo credit: BBC)](/sites/default/files/Former%20President%20Mahinda%20Rajapaksa%2C%20Maithripala%20Sirisena%20and%20Ranil%20Wickermesinghe_BBC.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 January 2019
Sri Lanka’s (un)ending road to a new Constitution: Technical progress, political collapse
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