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
5 August
Draft Constitution in Guinea: Legal Issues, Political Dynamics, and Democratic Prospects
Voices From The Field
8 July
Constitution Bill Rejected at Second Reading: Halting the Reform Process in The Gambia?
Voices From The Field
20 June
An Enlarged but Weakened Parliament? Zambia’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Voices From The Field
4 June
A New Constitutional Moment? Nigeria’s Legislature Revives Reform Ambitions in Sweeping Amendment Package
Voices From The Field
10 February
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2024 and 2025 Forecast
Voices From The Field
1 November 2024
What Does Extension of the Transition Period Mean for Constitution-Making in South Sudan?
Voices From The Field
9 October 2024
Democracy in Action: The Role of Civil Society in Botswana’s Failed Constitutional Amendment Bill
Voices From The Field
1 October 2024
Executive Ambitions Meet Parliamentary Pushback: Senegal’s Failed Constitutional Amendments
Voices From The Field
15 April 2024
A Constitutional Coup or Institutional Revolution in Togo?
Voices From The Field
29 March 2024
Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Reforms: Disputed Legitimacy Versus Decided Legality
Voices From The Field
22 March 2024
France’s citizenship reform in Mayotte: a dangerous constitutional reform for purely symbolic impact?
Voices From The Field
31 January 2024
In the World of Constitution-Building in 2023
Voices From The Field
4 October 2023
Chad's Proposed New Constitution: Between Hopes for Refoundation and an Uncertain Future
Voices From The Field
29 September 2023
On the Finalization of the Constitutional Review Process in Somalia
Voices From The Field
4 September 2023
The review of constitutionalized ethnic quotas in Burundi: a turning point?
Voices From The Field
1 August 2023
Constitutional reforms in Gabon: the president’s strategic tool for political preservation
Voices From The Field
29 June 2023
The State of Lesotho's Constitutional Reforms: Progress or Stagnation?
Voices From The Field
31 May 2023
Tanzania’s pathway to a new constitution: genuine progress or political rhetoric?
Voices From The Field
18 April 2023
Towards the Fourth Republic of Mali: Analysis of the Draft Constitution
Voices From The Field
30 January 2023
A Win for the Status Quo: Critiquing the Presidential Commission of Inquiry’s Report on the Review of the Constitution of Botswana