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.
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Voices From The Field
28 October 2020
From a Kenyan ‘Handshake’ to Constitutional Reform: Towards a Bloated Semi-Presidential System?
![Launch of 4th meeting of 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference - August 2020 (photo credit: Xinua) Launch of 4th meeting of 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference - August 2020 (photo credit: Xinua)](/sites/default/files/Fourth%20Panglong%20Peace%20Confernece%20Kicks%20off%20-%20August%202020_Xinua.jpg)
Voices From The Field
26 October 2020
Myanmar’s November Elections: The Challenging Task of Federalisation Awaits a New Government
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Voices From The Field
14 September 2020
Botswana’s Piecemeal Constitutional Reform Initiative: Banning Floor Crossing
![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
![Referendum Banner Featuring President Weah (photo credit: FPA) Referendum Banner Featuring President Weah (photo credit: FPA)](/sites/default/files/Referendum-banner-featuring%20President%20Weah.png)
Voices From The Field
8 September 2020
Liberia’s Constitutional Referendum on Dual Citizenship and Reduced Political Tenure
![Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera celebrates his victory (photo credit: Reuters) Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera celebrates his victory (photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/Malawi%20President%20Lazarus%20Chakwera_Reuters.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 August 2020
Taming Malawi’s Presidency: Will Chakwera Walk the Talk?
![Security forces face protesters following a crackdown in June 2019 (photo credit: Tbel Abuseridze) Security forces face protesters following a crackdown in June 2019 (photo credit: Tbel Abuseridze)](/sites/default/files/Tbel%20Abuseridze_June%2020%202019%20Crackdown%20on%20protesters.jpg)
Voices From The Field
26 August 2020
Georgia’s battle on electoral rules and the pivot towards proportional representation
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Voices From The Field
30 July 2020
Armenia’s overlapping constitutional reforms: Wither the Constitutional Court?
![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
![President Embalo (left)and runner up and PAIGC Candidate Pereira (photo credit: AfricaNews) President Embalo (left)and runner up and PAIGC Candidate Pereira (photo credit: AfricaNews)](/sites/default/files/President%20Embalo%20and%20Runner%20Up%20Pereira_AfricaNews.jpg)
Voices From The Field
14 July 2020
Guinea-Bissau’s political paralysis: Potential and risks of constitutional reform process
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Voices From The Field
1 July 2020
Nepal-India boundary dispute and the reignition of minority demands for constitutional reform
![Constitutional Court President Professor Danielle Darlan (photo credit: Journal du Cameroun) Constitutional Court President Professor Danielle Darlan (photo credit: Journal du Cameroun)](/sites/default/files/CAR%20Con%20Court%20President%20Prof%20Danielle%20Darlan_Journal%20du%20Cameroun.jpg)
Voices From The Field
22 June 2020
COVID-19 and Unamendable Limits on Duration of Presidential and Legislative Terms in the Central African Republic
![From left to right - Abdullah Abdullah, Ashraf Ghani and Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada (photo credit: The Khaama Press) From left to right - Abdullah Abdullah, Ashraf Ghani and Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada (photo credit: The Khaama Press)](/sites/default/files/Abdullah-Ghani-Bass-The%20Khaama%20Press.jpg)
Voices From The Field
12 June 2020
Electoral Crises, Peace Process with Taliban and Constitutional Reform in Afghanistan
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Voices From The Field
8 June 2020
Taiwan’s Constitutional Court, Adultery and the Renaissance of Judicial Activism
![Hirak Protests in Algiers_December 2019 (photo credit: AFP) Hirak Protests in Algiers_December 2019 (photo credit: AFP)](/sites/default/files/Hirak%20protests%20in%20Algiers_Dec%202017_AFP.jpg)
Voices From The Field
4 June 2020
Algeria’s not-so-new (Draft) Constitution: Betraying Hirak’s radicalism?
![Tshisekedi holds constitution during his inauguration (photo credit: Olivia Acland/Reuters) Tshisekedi holds constitution during his inauguration (photo credit: Olivia Acland/Reuters)](/sites/default/files/Tshisekedi%20holds%20constitution%20during%20Inauguration_Olivia%20Acland_Reuters.jpg)
Voices From The Field
27 May 2020
DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergencies?
![Samoa Coat of Arms Samoa Coat of Arms](/sites/default/files/Coat_of_arms_of_Samoa.svg_.png)
Voices From The Field
26 May 2020
Reflecting custom in a written constitution: Constitutional proposals in Samoa
![Constitutional Court of Germany Building (photo credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Constitutional Court of Germany Building (photo credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/Constitutional%20Court%20of%20Germany_Sean%20Gallup-Getty%20Images.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 April 2020
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional Court
![American Federal Map and flag (Photo credit: Reason) American Federal Map and flag (Photo credit: Reason)](/sites/default/files/Map%20of%20US%20states_Reason.jpg)
Voices From The Field
22 April 2020
American Federalism, the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the Legacy of Hurricane Katrina
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Voices From The Field
7 April 2020
New Zealand and COVID-19: Parliamentary accountability in time of emergencies
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