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
28 March 2021
When direct democracy trumps human rights: Unveiling the Swiss “Burqa Ban”
Voices From The Field
26 February 2021
"They're not little adults": the struggle for proper and standalone children's rights in the German Basic Law
Voices From The Field
19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means?
Voices From The Field
21 December 2020
In the World of Constitution Building in 2020
Voices From The Field
23 November 2020
Unbounding the Hungarian Executive and Cementing Illiberal Christian Identity Politics
Voices From The Field
26 August 2020
Georgia’s battle on electoral rules and the pivot towards proportional representation
Voices From The Field
30 July 2020
Armenia’s overlapping constitutional reforms: Wither the Constitutional Court?
Voices From The Field
27 July 2020
Malta’s wobbly constitutional and rule of law reform
Voices From The Field
30 April 2020
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional Court
Voices From The Field
6 April 2020
Hungary’s Enabling Act: Prime Minister Orbán Makes the Most of the Pandemic
Voices From The Field
18 March 2020
Armenia’s Constitutional Referendum: Denting the Constitutional Court?
Voices From The Field
24 January 2020
Bulgaria’s Balancing Act: Judicial and Prosecutorial Independence and Accountability
Voices From The Field
17 January 2020
Belgium’s experiment in permanent forms of deliberative democracy
Voices From The Field
19 December 2019
In the World of Constitution Building in 2019 and 2020 Prospects
Voices From The Field
16 October 2019
A weaker Ukrainian parliament and de facto presidential system? Zelensky’s constitutional reform initiatives
Voices From The Field
6 August 2019
Reforming the Dutch Constitution to ensure ‘Future Readiness’ of its Democracy
Voices From The Field
18 July 2019
Checking Malta’s Powerful Prime Minster through Constitutional Reforms
Voices From The Field
3 July 2019
Completing Armenia’s Revolution: Transitional Justice and Judicial Vetting
Voices From The Field
1 July 2019
The hyper judicialisation of politics in Moldova: Opportunities for constitutional reform
Voices From The Field
14 May 2019
France: The Yellow Vests, the Right to Protest and the Conseil Constitutionnel