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.
![Protests against President Aliaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk, Belarus in August 2020 (photo credit: Reuters) Protests against President Aliaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk, Belarus in August 2020 (photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/Belarus%20Protests.png)
Voices From The Field
22 June 2021
Constitutional Reform in Belarus: Feasible Changes or an Imitative Process?
![A protester in Santiago holds a sign calling for a 'constitutional assembly for more democracy' [photo credit: Sandra Cuffe/Al Jazeera] A protester in Santiago holds a sign calling for a 'constitutional assembly for more democracy' [photo credit: Sandra Cuffe/Al Jazeera]](/sites/default/files/A%20protester%20in%20Santiago%20holds%20a%20sign%20calling%20for%20a%20%27constitutional%20assembly%20for%20more%20democracy%27%20%5BSandra%20Cuffe%20Al%20Jazeera%5D.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
31 May 2021
Chile Elects its Constitution-Making Body: The Potential and Risks of a Fragmented Convention
![President Ali Bongo (center) reviews troops in August 2019 after his convalescence (AFP) President Ali Bongo (center) reviews troops in August 2019 after his convalescence (AFP)](/sites/default/files/1715146-1039403508.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 May 2021
The revision of the Gabonese Constitution: Between contestation, modernization and inconsistencies
![President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, president of the High Council for Reconciliation (photo credit: AFP/Office of the Chief Executive of Afghanistan) President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, president of the High Council for Reconciliation (photo credit: AFP/Office of the Chief Executive of Afghanistan)](/sites/default/files/Ghani-and-Abdullah-Agreement-1.jpg)
Voices From The Field
26 May 2021
The Peace Process and Afghanistan’s Uncertain Constitutional Future
![H.E. Mohamed Hassan Eltaashi, chair of System of Governance Conference planning committee, delivers opening remarks at a preparatory Technical Workshop H.E. Mohamed Hassan Eltaashi, chair of System of Governance Conference planning committee, delivers opening remarks at a preparatory Technical Workshop](/sites/default/files/Technical%20Workshop_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 April 2021
The System of Governance Reform in Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities
![Portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa (photo credit: Reuters) Portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa (photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/f-zimbabwe-a-20171205.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 April 2021
In the Shadow of Robert Mugabe? Twists and Turns in the First and Second Amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe
![President João Lourenço (photo credit: ANGOP) President João Lourenço (photo credit: ANGOP)](/sites/default/files/JLo-livro-1.png)
Voices From The Field
23 April 2021
An unexpected constitutional overhaul in Angola
![Card outlining the eight referendum proposals (photo credit: africanews/AFP) Card outlining the eight referendum proposals (photo credit: africanews/AFP)](/sites/default/files/900x506_cmsv2_b8ad6d43-55b4-53d0-bd14-418b988c27f2-5182930.jpg)
Voices From The Field
22 April 2021
Why Liberians shunned the 2020 referendum — and what’s the future for constitutional change?
![Protesters march in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on 25 January 2021 (photo credit: CNN) Protesters march in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on 25 January 2021 (photo credit: CNN)](/sites/default/files/Protesters%20march%20in%20Tegucigalpa%20on%20January%2025%2C%202021%20%28CNN%29.jpg)
Voices From The Field
31 March 2021
The unconstitutionality of a constitutional reform: the case of Honduras
![People in a Zurich district election office count ballots on March 7, 2021 (photo credit: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann) People in a Zurich district election office count ballots on March 7, 2021 (photo credit: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)](/sites/default/files/Swiss%20referendum%20on%20banning%20burqas%20and%20other%20facial%20coverings.png)
Voices From The Field
28 March 2021
When direct democracy trumps human rights: Unveiling the Swiss “Burqa Ban”
![Tunisian head of government, Hichem Mechichi, and President Kais Saied (photo credit: DR) Tunisian head of government, Hichem Mechichi, and President Kais Saied (photo credit: DR)](/sites/default/files/Cre%CC%81dit%20Photo%20Touniss%20post.jpg)
Voices From The Field
23 March 2021
Constitutional impasse in Tunisia: the ugly side of “the most beautiful constitution in the world”
![Flag of Haiti (photo credit: pixabay) Flag of Haiti (photo credit: pixabay)](/sites/default/files/international-2693195_1920.jpg)
Voices From The Field
3 March 2021
Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution
![Young people campaign for children's rights in Germany (photo credit: kinderrechte-ins-grundgesetz.de) Young people campaign for children's rights in Germany (photo credit: kinderrechte-ins-grundgesetz.de)](/sites/default/files/Kinderrechte-ins-Grundgesetz.jpg)
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
![Parliament of Malta (photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi via Times of Malta) Parliament of Malta (photo credit: Darrin Zammit Lupi via Times of Malta)](/sites/default/files/Malta%20Parliament%20--%20Darrin%20Zammit%20Lupi.jpg)
Voices From The Field
19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means?
![Yangon, Myanmar (photo credit: Eugene Phoen/flickr) Yangon, Myanmar (photo credit: Eugene Phoen/flickr)](/sites/default/files/13994847418_11e69316c0_o_0_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
11 February 2021
Constitutional implications of Myanmar’s Coup on 1 February 2021
![Mexican flag (photo credit: Opinio Juris) Mexican flag (photo credit: Opinio Juris)](/sites/default/files/Mexican%20flag.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 January 2021
Mexico’s Constitutional Reforms: Threats to Judicial Independence from Within?
![Campaign Screen Displays Presidential Candidate SadyrZhaparov (photo credit: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images) Campaign Screen Displays Presidential Candidate SadyrZhaparov (photo credit: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/Campaign%20Screen%20Displays%20Presdiential%20Candidate%20Sadyr%20Zhaparov%20-%20Vyacheslav%20Oseledko-AFP-Getty%20Images.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 January 2021
Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Third Revolution’ and the Road to Another Victor’s Constitution
![The Globe (photo credit: HeinOnline) The Globe (photo credit: HeinOnline)](/sites/default/files/Globe%20-%20Heinonline.png)
Voices From The Field
21 December 2020
In the World of Constitution Building in 2020
![President Idriss Deby Itno (photo credit: Teller Report) President Idriss Deby Itno (photo credit: Teller Report)](/sites/default/files/Teller%20Report_President%20Idriss%20Deby%20chairs%20the%20forum.jpg)
Voices From The Field
16 December 2020
Chad’s ‘Inclusive’ Constitutional Reform Process Widens Political Rifts
![Cover page of the Haitian Constitution (photo credit: Traveling Haiti) Cover page of the Haitian Constitution (photo credit: Traveling Haiti)](/sites/default/files/constitution-of-haiti_Traveling%20Haiti_0.png)
Voices From The Field
12 December 2020
The context for Haiti’s ongoing constitutional reform process
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