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
20 December 2022
Virgin Islands’ 2022 Constitutional Review Commission: Off to an interesting start
Voices From The Field
30 November 2022
The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly: Cementing President Lukashenka’s Consolidation of Power
Voices From The Field
29 November 2022
The Bonn Powers in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between a rock and a hard place
Voices From The Field
31 October 2022
Will Belize Get a People’s Constitution? Prospects and Challenges
Voices From The Field
31 October 2022
The Emergence of ‘Fixed Constitutional Commitments’ on the Environment: A Tool for Addressing Climate Change?
Voices From The Field
29 September 2022
Courts vs Incumbents: Guaranteeing Alternation of Power in the Central African Republic
Voices From The Field
28 September 2022
Cambodia’s Constitutional Amendments: Consolidating Control and Securing Succession Plans
Voices From The Field
22 September 2022
The war in Ukraine and its repercussions on Europe’s “security and defence constitution”
Voices From The Field
26 August 2022
Brazil’s Frenetic Pace of Constitutional Change under Bolsonaro: Why and What Next?
Voices From The Field
23 August 2022
The “Regional State” in Chile’s proposed new Constitution: advantages and challenges for decentralization and equal territorial development
Voices From The Field
12 August 2022
The Constitutional Reform Commission of Barbados: Much Expectation, Great Skepticism
Voices From The Field
28 July 2022
Kazakhstan’s referendum: regime consolidation instead of genuine political reforms
Voices From The Field
25 July 2022
The project of the President’s Constitution: Is it time to close the democratic parenthesis in Tunisia?
Voices From The Field
2 July 2022
Chile’s draft constitution looks to the future: digital rights as fundamental rights
Voices From The Field
30 June 2022
Jamaica’s Long and Winding Road to Becoming a Republic
Voices From The Field
30 May 2022
The Amendability of Taiwan’s Constitution is Put to the Test
Voices From The Field
26 May 2022
No celebration for gender-corrective mechanism adding 12 women MPs to Malta’s ineffective parliament
Voices From The Field
25 May 2022
Reshaping the Chilean political regime: three acts and a funeral
Voices From The Field
2 May 2022
Economic Crisis and Constitutional Reform in Sri Lanka
Voices From The Field
29 April 2022
Out of Time but Full of Enthusiasm? Assessing Progress and Hurdles in South Sudan’s Constitution-Making Process