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
30 January 2019
Togo’s continuing constitutional crisis and ECOWAS’s failed mediation effort
Voices From The Field
20 December 2018
Constitution building in 2018 through the lens of ConstitutionNet and 2019 prospects
Voices From The Field
20 December 2018
Conflict and decentralization in Mozambique: The challenges of implementation
Voices From The Field
26 October 2018
Popular initiatives to amend Kenya’s constitution: A misdiagnosis of the problem?
Voices From The Field
24 October 2018
Expropriation without compensation: Democratizing South Africa’s economy?
Voices From The Field
17 August 2018
Sudan’s Missed Opportunity for Historic Peaceful Transfer of Power: The Planned Removal of Term Limits
Voices From The Field
14 August 2018
Uganda’s age limit petition: Constitutional Court demurs on substance, cautious on procedure
Voices From The Field
20 June 2018
Reforming the Ethiopian polity: Another false dawn or a hopeful start?
Voices From The Field
9 May 2018
Reforming the Content, Rather than Context, of the Chadian Constitution: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Voices From The Field
28 February 2018
Reforming the Gabonese Constitution: An unprecedented, but limited, participatory process and an empowered presidency
Voices From The Field
21 February 2018
George Weah’s agenda for constitutional reform in Liberia: The incentives for prioritizing citizenship
Voices From The Field
29 January 2018
Beyond term limits: Burkina Faso’s attempt to tame the presidency and to strengthen constitutional checks
Voices From The Field
23 January 2018
Burundi’s constitutional referendum: Consolidating the fait accompli in the run-up to the 2020 elections
Voices From The Field
22 January 2018
From dictatorship to a new Constitution in The Gambia: Issues and Concerns
Voices From The Field
14 December 2017
Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field
Voices From The Field
14 December 2017
Post-National Dialogue Constitutional Amendments in Sudan: Undermining fundamental rights and decentralization?
Voices From The Field
29 November 2017
Constitutional reforms in Chad: Edging towards federalism?
Voices From The Field
24 November 2017
Cameroon’s political crisis: Why a onetime peace haven might be headed for the unknown
Voices From The Field
18 October 2017
Nigeria’s constitutional reform process: The quest for a people-driven constitution
Voices From The Field
26 September 2017
Clawing Back the Gains of Popular Participation – The First Amendment to the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013)