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.
![Term Limits Manipulation across Latin America – and what Constitutional Design could do about it Term Limits Manipulation across Latin America – and what Constitutional Design could do about it](/sites/default/files/term_limits_resized_patdollarddotcom_2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
21 July 2015
Term Limits Manipulation across Latin America – and what Constitutional Design could do about it
![photo credit: The Malaysian Times photo credit: The Malaysian Times](/sites/default/files/hudud-dap-pas-mca1_1.jpg)
Voices From The Field
25 June 2015
Hudud and the Struggle for Malaysia’s Constitutional Soul
![President Kikwete of Tanzania (on the left) with the proposed Constitution (photo credit: ippmedia.com) President Kikwete of Tanzania (on the left) with the proposed Constitution (photo credit: ippmedia.com)](/sites/default/files/tanzania_president_kikwete_2.jpg)
Voices From The Field
17 June 2015
Consolidating Democracy in Tanzania: Presidential Powers under the Proposed Constitution
![The proposed changes will not lift the ban on Aung San Syu Kyi's eligibility to be president, and retain a strong role for the military in politics. (photo credit: Irrawaddy) The proposed changes will not lift the ban on Aung San Syu Kyi's eligibility to be president, and retain a strong role for the military in politics. (photo credit: Irrawaddy)](/sites/default/files/myanmar20image_4.jpg)
Voices From The Field
15 June 2015
Myanmar: Proposed amendments seek to entrench legislative supremacy and devolve marginal autonomy to local governments
![A deal is finally on the table for a new Constitution for Nepal, but not all groups are celebrating A deal is finally on the table for a new Constitution for Nepal, but not all groups are celebrating](/sites/default/files/nepal20deal-2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
12 June 2015
Nepal’s constitutional deal: significant milestone but short of a breakthrough
![Italy towards institutional re-design: a constitutional and political marathon Italy towards institutional re-design: a constitutional and political marathon](/sites/default/files/italy_const_pic_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
6 June 2015
Italy towards institutional re-design: a constitutional and political marathon
![photo credit: WordPress photo credit: WordPress](/sites/default/files/thailand_dictator-prayuth_3.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 May 2015
Thailand’s next post-coup constitution: The dictatorship of the ‘good people’?
![The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Honduras (photo credit: El Heraldo) The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Honduras (photo credit: El Heraldo)](/sites/default/files/honduras_supreme_court_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
27 May 2015
Honduras: Term Limits Drama 2.0 - how the Supreme Court declared the Constitution Unconstitutional
![photo credit: Athavaneng photo credit: Athavaneng](/sites/default/files/sri_lanka_19th_athavaneng_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
26 May 2015
Sri Lanka: The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution - from start to finish
![photo credit: OSISA photo credit: OSISA](/sites/default/files/zimbabwe_osisa_1.jpg)
Voices From The Field
25 May 2015
Bottom-up approaches to constitutional implementation: a civil society perspective from Zimbabwe
![photo credit: Liberian Observer photo credit: Liberian Observer](/sites/default/files/liberia_gbarna_2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 April 2015
What do the people want? Demands for expansion of rights and a Christian state through constitutional reform in Liberia
![photo credit: BBC photo credit: BBC](/sites/default/files/thailand_april_1_1.png)
Voices From The Field
30 April 2015
Thailand’s next post-coup constitution: Uncharted territory to ‘true democracy’ or same old trodden path back to authoritarianism?
![image credit: Johnson's Russia List image credit: Johnson's Russia List](/sites/default/files/ukraine_cover_2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 April 2015
Constitutional Hurdle-Race: Contemporary Constitution-Making in Ukraine
![photo credit: Naijanet.com photo credit: Naijanet.com](/sites/default/files/nigeria_sharia-map_2.jpg)
Voices From The Field
16 April 2015
Sharia and the Nigerian Constitution: Strange Bedfellows?
![Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (L) addresses members of parliament at Parliament House in Colombo. (Photo: AFP/President's Office) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (L) addresses members of parliament at Parliament House in Colombo. (Photo: AFP/President's Office)](/sites/default/files/sri_lanka_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
31 March 2015
From presidential to parliamentary state? A midterm look at Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Reform Process
![Activists push a ball reading ‘Constitutional Reform’ during a sit-in to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Sunflower Movement outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei (18 March 2015) photo credit: REUTERS Activists push a ball reading ‘Constitutional Reform’ during a sit-in to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Sunflower Movement outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei (18 March 2015) photo credit: REUTERS](/sites/default/files/taiwan_constitution_reformation_2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 March 2015
Taiwan: A Patchwork Constitution
![When freedom of expression meets constitutional loyalty When freedom of expression meets constitutional loyalty](/sites/default/files/spanish-constitution_big_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
27 March 2015
When freedom of expression meets constitutional loyalty
![Constitutional protection of sexual minorities - will Thailand join the club? Constitutional protection of sexual minorities - will Thailand join the club?](/sites/default/files/cnthailand7_0.png)
Voices From The Field
26 March 2015
Constitutional protection of sexual minorities - will Thailand join the club?
![Nepal: Back to the negotiation table or back to the streets? Nepal: Back to the negotiation table or back to the streets?](/sites/default/files/nepal_upload_2_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
25 March 2015
Nepal: Back to the negotiation table or back to the streets?
![Consultation organized by the Constitutional Review Committee in Liberia (photo credit: UNDP) Consultation organized by the Constitutional Review Committee in Liberia (photo credit: UNDP)](/sites/default/files/liberia_3.jpeg)
Voices From The Field
13 March 2015
Lack of Money or Lack of Political Will: What is Stalling Constitutional Reform in Liberia?
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