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.
Voices From The Field
14 July 2020
Guinea-Bissau’s political paralysis: Potential and risks of constitutional reform process
Voices From The Field
22 June 2020
COVID-19 and Unamendable Limits on Duration of Presidential and Legislative Terms in the Central African Republic
Voices From The Field
4 June 2020
Algeria’s not-so-new (Draft) Constitution: Betraying Hirak’s radicalism?
Voices From The Field
27 May 2020
DRC’s Constitutional Court: Broken shield in overseeing the executive in emergencies?
Voices From The Field
19 March 2020
Guinea third term weather forecast: Constitutional storm in a clearing West African sky
Voices From The Field
29 February 2020
Malawi’s nullified presidential elections and the plurality vs majoritarian (run-off) debate
Voices From The Field
26 February 2020
Fortifying Zimbabwe’s ‘Imperial’ Presidency? The Proposed Second Amendment to the Constitution
Voices From The Field
19 December 2019
In the World of Constitution Building in 2019 and 2020 Prospects
Voices From The Field
14 November 2019
Senegal and its national political dialogue in a time of inclusive democracy
Voices From The Field
5 November 2019
Cote d’Ivoire’s contested Electoral Commission and Ouattara’s third term: A recipe for political crisis?
Voices From The Field
16 September 2019
Zambia’s proposed constitutional amendments: Sowing the seeds of crisis?
Voices From The Field
11 September 2019
Liberia’s long-awaited constitutional referendum: Debate on alternatives to by-elections
Voices From The Field
26 August 2019
A new Guinean Constitution at All Costs? Africa’s Latest Third-Term Quagmire
Voices From The Field
7 August 2019
Why Zimbabwe Should Amend the Constitution to Abolish the Death Penalty
Voices From The Field
3 June 2019
The Need for a Transitional Constitutional Framework for Post-al Bashir's Sudan
Voices From The Field
1 May 2019
Algeria: A Constitutional versus a Political Solution
Voices From The Field
1 May 2019
Taking Dictatorship from De Facto to De Jure: Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments
Voices From The Field
22 April 2019
Ghana Looks to Democratize its Local Government
Voices From The Field
25 February 2019
Reforming Mauritius’s electoral system: More gender and less communal representation?
Voices From The Field
5 February 2019
An agenda for constitutional reform in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)