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
31 October 2024
New Era for the UK House of Lords? Labour's Removal of the Hereditary Peers and Possible Future Reforms

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
2 October 2024
Unblocking the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Three Strategies to Move Forward

Voices From The Field
1 October 2024
Executive Ambitions Meet Parliamentary Pushback: Senegal’s Failed Constitutional Amendments

Voices From The Field
28 August 2024
A False Narrative: Georgia’s Constitutional Amendment and the Illiberal Agenda

Voices From The Field
18 August 2024
Constitutional Change in a One-Party State: Lao PDR’s Decennial Review

Voices From The Field
6 August 2024
Push in Parliament for Constitutional Reform: Ensuring Independence for Malta’s Police Commissioner

Voices From The Field
29 July 2024
“Resilience lite”: Strengthening the constitutional protection of the German Federal Constitutional Court

Voices From The Field
12 July 2024
Navigating Uncertainty: Reforming Palestinian Institutions Through Constitutional Reform Amid War

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

Voices From The Field
5 July 2024
Constitutionalising Animal Welfare in Switzerland – Two Initiatives, Two Dynamics, Two Outcomes?

Voices From The Field
7 June 2024
Developing a Home-Grown Independence Constitution in Bougainville

Voices From The Field
31 May 2024
2024 Referendum in Ecuador: Between Fear and Legitimacy

Voices From The Field
29 May 2024
The Vanuatu Referendum 2024: Resolving Instability?

Voices From The Field
29 April 2024
Unconstitutional Moments: The 2024 Attempts to Change the Philippine Constitution

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
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
26 March 2024
Back to Bicameralism: The Illiberal Goals of Peru's Constitutional Reforms

Voices From The Field
22 March 2024
France’s citizenship reform in Mayotte: a dangerous constitutional reform for purely symbolic impact?