Public Participation
The involvement of the people who are to be governed in the creation and processes of their government. Public
participation affords individuals and non-governmental groups the ability to observe, engage with, and influence their government.
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Voices From The Field
12 July
Navigating Uncertainty: Reforming Palestinian Institutions Through Constitutional Reform Amid War
![Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit: JIS) Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit: JIS)](/sites/default/files/Marlene-Malahoo-Forte.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
11 July
Constitutional Reform Report Sets Out the Way Forward for Jamaica – or Does It?
![Signature collection for the two popular initiatives (photo credit: pelz-initiative.ch) Signature collection for the two popular initiatives (photo credit: pelz-initiative.ch)](/sites/default/files/haut-aboutissement-initiatives.jpg)
Voices From The Field
5 July
Constitutionalising Animal Welfare in Switzerland – Two Initiatives, Two Dynamics, Two Outcomes?
![Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission meeting November 2023 (photo credit: Katy Le Roy) Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission meeting November 2023 (photo credit: Katy Le Roy)](/sites/default/files/Bougainville%20Voices.jpg)
Voices From The Field
7 June
Developing a Home-Grown Independence Constitution in Bougainville
![Statue outside Vanuatu's parliament (photo credit: Jean Van Jean via Wikimedia Commons) Statue outside Vanuatu's parliament (photo credit: Jean Van Jean via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/Vanuatu_Parliament_-_panoramio.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 May
The Vanuatu Referendum 2024: Resolving Instability?
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Voices From The Field
29 April
Unconstitutional Moments: The 2024 Attempts to Change the Philippine Constitution
![Diaspora protest in 2018 (photo credit: Kangni Coco Locoh) Diaspora protest in 2018 (photo credit: Kangni Coco Locoh)](/sites/default/files/1.%20Togo%20Protest%20%28photo%20credit%20Togo%20Actualite%29.jpg)
Voices From The Field
15 April
A Constitutional Coup or Institutional Revolution in Togo?
![British Islands Constitutional Review Commission presents final report to the Governor and Premier (photo credit: BVI CRC) British Islands Constitutional Review Commission presents final report to the Governor and Premier (photo credit: BVI CRC)](/sites/default/files/dsc_7657_1.jpg)
Voices From The Field
1 March
Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past: Key Outcomes from the Virgin Islands’ Constitutional Review
![London, United Kingdom (photo credit: Jack Gisel via unsplash) London, United Kingdom (photo credit: Jack Gisel via unsplash)](/sites/default/files/jack-gisel-Bz18bJEC9Hg-unsplash.jpg)
News
26 February
Op-Ed: In the UK, citizens' assemblies could help to repair toxic political culture
![British Virgin Islands: Constitutional Review Commission Report 2022-2023 British Virgin Islands: Constitutional Review Commission Report 2022-2023](/sites/default/files/images/virtual_library/img_8686.jpg)
Commissions Final Report
British Virgin Islands: Constitutional Review Commission Report 2022-2023
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