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
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
2 July 2022
Chile’s draft constitution looks to the future: digital rights as fundamental rights
Voices From The Field
25 May 2022
Reshaping the Chilean political regime: three acts and a funeral
Voices From The Field
25 January 2022
Citizens’ Participation at the Chilean Constitutional Convention: Balancing Expectations and Efficiency
Voices From The Field
30 November 2021
A Balancing Act: Public Participation, Decision-Making, and Freedom of Speech at the Chilean Constitutional Convention
Voices From The Field
30 October 2021
The Constitutional Convention’s rules of procedure: a path of transformative institutionalism in Chile
Voices From The Field
25 September 2021
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Chile’s Constitutional Convention Decides its Rules of Procedure
Voices From The Field
21 September 2021
A Highly Risky Proposal to Reform the Salvadoran Constitution
Voices From The Field
31 August 2021
Peru's uncertain process to establish a constituent assembly
![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 "A protester in Santiago holds a sign calling for a 'constitutional assembly for more democracy' [photo credit: Sandra Cuffe/Al Jazeera]")
Voices From The Field
31 May 2021
Chile Elects its Constitution-Making Body: The Potential and Risks of a Fragmented Convention
Voices From The Field
31 March 2021
The unconstitutionality of a constitutional reform: the case of Honduras
Voices From The Field
3 March 2021
Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution
Voices From The Field
30 January 2021
Mexico’s Constitutional Reforms: Threats to Judicial Independence from Within?
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
4 November 2020
Chile’s comprehensive restriction on re-election: From popular demand to constitutional policy
Voices From The Field
19 December 2019
In the World of Constitution Building in 2019 and 2020 Prospects
Voices From The Field
2 December 2019
Recalling Mexican presidents: A recipe for presidential accountability or political instability?
Voices From The Field
27 November 2019
Path to a New Constitution in Chile: How the Unthinkable Became the Inescapable
Voices From The Field
19 November 2019
Venezuela: Between Autocracy and Hope for Acceptable Elections