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
29 July 2021
Modernizing Jordan’s Political System: The Unspoken Motivations
Voices From The Field
26 July 2021
Nigeria’s constitutional review: the continuing quest for a legitimate Grundnorm
Voices From The Field
30 June 2021
Quebec’s Bill 96: The Latest Chapter on Quebec and the Constitution
Voices From The Field
29 June 2021
Do you hear the people sing?: Thais demand a democratic constitution to replace the junta
Voices From The Field
22 June 2021
Constitutional Reform in Belarus: Feasible Changes or an Imitative Process?
![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
28 May 2021
The revision of the Gabonese Constitution: Between contestation, modernization and inconsistencies
Voices From The Field
26 May 2021
The Peace Process and Afghanistan’s Uncertain Constitutional Future
Voices From The Field
30 April 2021
The System of Governance Reform in Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities
Voices From The Field
30 April 2021
In the Shadow of Robert Mugabe? Twists and Turns in the First and Second Amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe
Voices From The Field
23 April 2021
An unexpected constitutional overhaul in Angola
Voices From The Field
22 April 2021
Why Liberians shunned the 2020 referendum — and what’s the future for constitutional change?
Voices From The Field
31 March 2021
The unconstitutionality of a constitutional reform: the case of Honduras
Voices From The Field
28 March 2021
When direct democracy trumps human rights: Unveiling the Swiss “Burqa Ban”
Voices From The Field
23 March 2021
Constitutional impasse in Tunisia: the ugly side of “the most beautiful constitution in the world”
Voices From The Field
3 March 2021
Text and context of Haiti’s 2021 draft constitution
Voices From The Field
26 February 2021
"They're not little adults": the struggle for proper and standalone children's rights in the German Basic Law
Voices From The Field
19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means?
Voices From The Field
11 February 2021
Constitutional implications of Myanmar’s Coup on 1 February 2021
Voices From The Field
30 January 2021
Mexico’s Constitutional Reforms: Threats to Judicial Independence from Within?