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
25 July 2019
How the Dominican Republic successfully resisted presidential term extension
Voices From The Field
4 July 2019
Populism meets Congressional Backlash in Brazil: Recasting executive-legislative relations?
Voices From The Field
26 February 2019
A new Constitution for Panama? The absence of a constituent actor
Voices From The Field
20 December 2018
Constitution building in 2018 through the lens of ConstitutionNet and 2019 prospects
Voices From The Field
28 September 2018
The Drive to Reform Peru’s Judicial and Political System: Opportunistic and Incompatible?
Voices From The Field
31 March 2018
Constitutional Change in Ecuador: Improving Democratic Accountability—and Constraining a Rival
Voices From The Field
29 March 2018
All things must pass? The state of the Chilean constitutional moment
Voices From The Field
14 December 2017
Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field
Voices From The Field
13 December 2017
The Chilean presidential runoff and the revival of the constitutional agenda
Voices From The Field
30 August 2017
The Venezuelan political crisis and the National Constituent Assembly
Voices From The Field
21 December 2016
Constitution building in 2016 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field
Voices From The Field
29 July 2016
Constitutional implications of Colombia’s judicialized peace process
Voices From The Field
20 January 2016
Chronicle of an Amendment Foretold: eliminating presidential term limits in Ecuador
Voices From The Field
27 November 2015
Chile’s quest to introduce a Constitution elaborated under democratic conditions
Voices From The Field
27 May 2015
Honduras: Term Limits Drama 2.0 - how the Supreme Court declared the Constitution Unconstitutional
Voices From The Field
26 October 2014
Ecuador’s constitutional term limit conundrum: what future for Article 144?
Voices From The Field
15 July 2013
Does nature have rights? Successes and challenges in implementing the rights of nature in Ecuador