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
10 February
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2024 and 2025 Forecast

Voices From The Field
30 January
Constitutional Reform in Barbados: The Enduring Influence of Westminster?

Voices From The Field
30 November 2024
Constitutional Change in Turks and Caicos Islands: Territorial Particularities and Regional Commonalities

Voices From The Field
11 July 2024
Constitutional Reform Report Sets Out the Way Forward for Jamaica – or Does It?

Voices From The Field
26 April 2024
Reviving Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia: The Role of the Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee

Voices From The Field
1 March 2024
Looking to the Future Through the Lens of the Past: Key Outcomes from the Virgin Islands’ Constitutional Review

Voices From The Field
31 January 2024
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2023

Voices From The Field
17 November 2023
Clarity, Consensus, and Confidence in the Process: The Recipe for Republican Reform in Jamaica?

Voices From The Field
28 April 2023
Jamaica’s Transition to a Republic: Process Matters

Voices From The Field
22 December 2022
In the World of Constitution Building in 2022

Voices From The Field
20 December 2022
Virgin Islands’ 2022 Constitutional Review Commission: Off to an interesting start

Voices From The Field
12 August 2022
The Constitutional Reform Commission of Barbados: Much Expectation, Great Skepticism

Voices From The Field
30 June 2022
Jamaica’s Long and Winding Road to Becoming a Republic

Voices From The Field
22 December 2021
In the World of Constitution Building in 2021

Voices From The Field
30 August 2021
Barbados’s Long-drawn-out Promise of a Republic

Voices From The Field
3 March 2021
Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution

Voices From The Field
21 December 2020
In the World of Constitution Building in 2020

Voices From The Field
12 December 2020
The context for Haiti’s ongoing constitutional reform process

Voices From The Field
25 July 2019
How the Dominican Republic successfully resisted presidential term extension

Voices From The Field
26 November 2018
The end of the Caribbean Court of Justice? On failed constitutional referendums in Grenada, and Antigua and Barbuda