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
10 February
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2024 and 2025 Forecast
![Parliament of Barbados (photo credit: Loozrboy via Flickr) Parliament of Barbados (photo credit: Loozrboy via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/8603983613_a693c81359_c.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 January
Constitutional Reform in Barbados: The Enduring Influence of Westminster?
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Voices From The Field
30 November 2024
Constitutional Change in Turks and Caicos Islands: Territorial Particularities and Regional Commonalities
![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 2024
Constitutional Reform Report Sets Out the Way Forward for Jamaica – or Does It?
![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 2024
Reviving Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia: The Role of the Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee
![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 2024
Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past: Key Outcomes from the Virgin Islands’ Constitutional Review
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Voices From The Field
31 January 2024
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2023
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Voices From The Field
17 November 2023
Clarity, Consensus, and Confidence in the Process: The Recipe for Republican Reform in Jamaica?
![Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit: Loop News) Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit: Loop News)](/sites/default/files/VFTF%20Jamaica%201.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 April 2023
Jamaica’s Transition to a Republic: Process Matters
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Voices From The Field
22 December 2022
In the World of Constitution Building in 2022
![BVI Commission members at a community meeting on the island of Jost Van Dyke stand in front of a church damaged in 2017 by two devastating hurricanes (photo credit: BVI CRC 2022) BVI Commission members at a community meeting on the island of Jost Van Dyke stand in front of a church damaged in 2017 by two devastating hurricanes (photo credit: BVI CRC 2022)](/sites/default/files/Image%20%28002%29.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
20 December 2022
Virgin Islands’ 2022 Constitutional Review Commission: Off to an interesting start
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Voices From The Field
12 August 2022
The Constitutional Reform Commission of Barbados: Much Expectation, Great Skepticism
![Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit Donald De La Haye / Jamaica Information Service) Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte (photo credit Donald De La Haye / Jamaica Information Service)](/sites/default/files/download%20%281%29.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
30 June 2022
Jamaica’s Long and Winding Road to Becoming a Republic
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Voices From The Field
22 December 2021
In the World of Constitution Building in 2021
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Voices From The Field
30 August 2021
Barbados’s Long-drawn-out Promise of a Republic
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Voices From The Field
3 March 2021
Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution
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Voices From The Field
21 December 2020
In the World of Constitution Building in 2020
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Voices From The Field
12 December 2020
The context for Haiti’s ongoing constitutional reform process
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Voices From The Field
25 July 2019
How the Dominican Republic successfully resisted presidential term extension
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Voices From The Field
26 November 2018
The end of the Caribbean Court of Justice? On failed constitutional referendums in Grenada, and Antigua and Barbuda