Voices from the Field
Through the eyes of local experts and actors, ConstitutionNet’s ‘Voices from the Field’ series offers a monthly look at constitution building processes as they are unfolding on the ground around the world. Contributions take the form of interviews with, and opinion pieces from, constitutional experts, lawyers, practitioners and other engaged citizens in the field for a fresh and original look at issues of importance to local populations during the drafting, adoption and implementation of constitutions.
![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
![Photo credit: Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador via X Photo credit: Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador via X](/sites/default/files/Picture%20ec.jpg)
Voices From The Field
31 May
2024 Referendum in Ecuador: Between Fear and Legitimacy
![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?
![(photo credit: Rappler.com) (photo credit: Rappler.com)](/sites/default/files/2.%20Constitution.png)
Voices From The Field
29 April
Unconstitutional Moments: The 2024 Attempts to Change the Philippine Constitution
![St. Lucia's Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee (photo credit: Saint Lucia Government via Youtube) St. Lucia's Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee (photo credit: Saint Lucia Government via Youtube)](/sites/default/files/The%20Constitutional%20Review%20Committee%200-28%20screenshot.png)
Voices From The Field
26 April
Reviving Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia: The Role of the Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee
![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?
![Rally in Burkina Faso in September 2023 (photo credit: Yempabou Ouoba) Rally in Burkina Faso in September 2023 (photo credit: Yempabou Ouoba)](/sites/default/files/Burkina%20Faso%20%28photo%20credit%20Yempabou%20Ouoba%29.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
29 March
Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Reforms: Disputed Legitimacy Versus Decided Legality
![Second voting for the constitutional reforms in the Congress of Peru in March 2024 (photo credit: Congress of Peru) Second voting for the constitutional reforms in the Congress of Peru in March 2024 (photo credit: Congress of Peru)](/sites/default/files/votacion-de-reforma-constitucional-60324.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
26 March
Back to Bicameralism: The Illiberal Goals of Peru's Constitutional Reforms
![Anti-immigration protest in Mayotte (photo credit: Ornella Lamberti) Anti-immigration protest in Mayotte (photo credit: Ornella Lamberti)](/sites/default/files/1.%20Protest%20%28photo%20credit%20Ornella%20Lamberti%29.jpg)
Voices From The Field
22 March
France’s citizenship reform in Mayotte: a dangerous constitutional reform for purely symbolic impact?
![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
![Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (photo credit: IMER Noticias) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (photo credit: IMER Noticias)](/sites/default/files/Voices%20Mexico%20%28photo%20credit%20IMER%20Noticias%29.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 February
Mexico 2024: The Battle for the Constitution
![Protest in Slovakia in December 2023 against changes to the penal code (photo credit: Lukas Grinaj / TASR) Protest in Slovakia in December 2023 against changes to the penal code (photo credit: Lukas Grinaj / TASR)](/sites/default/files/Slovakia%20Protest.png)
Voices From The Field
26 February
Abolition of the Special Prosecutor's Office in Slovakia: Violation of the Rule of Law in the Name of Protecting Human Rights?
![Photo credit: Gaël Gaborel - OrbisTerrae via unsplash Photo credit: Gaël Gaborel - OrbisTerrae via unsplash](/sites/default/files/gael-gaborel-orbisterrae-G_MCcG2YqPQ-unsplash.jpg)
Voices From The Field
31 January
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2023
![Commissioner Rowan Williams addresses participants taking part in the "national conversation" on the constitutional future of Wales (photo credit: Nation Cymru) Commissioner Rowan Williams addresses participants taking part in the "national conversation" on the constitutional future of Wales (photo credit: Nation Cymru)](/sites/default/files/2.%20VFTF%20Wales%20%28Nation%20Cymru%29.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 January
Mapping Wales’s Constitutional Future: Insights from the Final Report of the Independent Commission
![Constitutional drafts handed out in anticipation of referendum vote (photo credit: Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro / Getty Images) Constitutional drafts handed out in anticipation of referendum vote (photo credit: Sebastián Vivallo Oñate / Agencia Makro / Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/chile%20referendum%202_0.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
22 December 2023
Two Drafts, Three Referendums, and Four Lessons for Constitution-making from Chile
![Casting a ballot in the 17 December referendum for Chile's draft constitution in the city of Valparaiso (photo credit: Rodrigo Garrido) Casting a ballot in the 17 December referendum for Chile's draft constitution in the city of Valparaiso (photo credit: Rodrigo Garrido)](/sites/default/files/Chile%201.png)
Voices From The Field
22 December 2023
The Chilean Constitutional Process: a Closed Chapter
![Person selling newspapers with the results of the 2023 constitutional referendum (photo credit: Ivan Alvarado) Person selling newspapers with the results of the 2023 constitutional referendum (photo credit: Ivan Alvarado)](/sites/default/files/65824e22a31040acaf82ec89.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
22 December 2023
The Risks of Wholesale (and Ideologically Tilted) Constitutional Replacements: Lessons from Chile’s Rejections
![Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (photo credit: BiH Constitutional Court) Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (photo credit: BiH Constitutional Court)](/sites/default/files/1.%20Voices%20BiH%20Con%20Court.jpg)
Voices From The Field
1 December 2023
Constitutional Court in Transition: The Future of International Judges in Bosnia and Herzegovina
![Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality discusses the constitutional definition of 'The Family' in February 2020 (@helenrussell32 via X) Ireland's Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality discusses the constitutional definition of 'The Family' in February 2020 (@helenrussell32 via X)](/sites/default/files/%40helenrussell32.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
30 November 2023
Delivering Equality: Long Delayed Constitutional Change in Ireland
![Constitutional Reform Committee poster soliciting public input on reform proposals (photo credit: @roadtorepulblicja via X) Constitutional Reform Committee poster soliciting public input on reform proposals (photo credit: @roadtorepulblicja via X)](/sites/default/files/1.%20CRC%20poster.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
17 November 2023
Clarity, Consensus, and Confidence in the Process: The Recipe for Republican Reform in Jamaica?
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