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.
![President Almazbek Atambaev with leaders of the main political parties (photo credit: Kyrgyz president's press service) President Almazbek Atambaev with leaders of the main political parties (photo credit: Kyrgyz president's press service)](/sites/default/files/Kyrgyzstan_CN_Oct%202016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 October 2016
Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Referendum: Steering populism toward securing vested interests?
![Supporters of the 'yes' for a new constitution campaign (photo credit: REUTER/Luc Gnago) Supporters of the 'yes' for a new constitution campaign (photo credit: REUTER/Luc Gnago)](/sites/default/files/Cote%20d%27Ivoire_CN_Oct%202016_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
24 October 2016
Innovations of the Draft Constitution of Cote d’Ivoire: Towards hyper-presidentialism?
![Mali’s promising constitutional reform process: Cementing peace through devolution of power Photo credit: Fragile States website](/sites/default/files/Mali.jpg)
Voices From The Field
13 October 2016
Mali’s promising constitutional reform process: Cementing peace through devolution of power
![Lebanon’s Presidential Vacancy: An Opening for Constitutional Reform? Photo credit: Nino Jose Heredia/©Gulf News](/sites/default/files/Lebanon%E2%80%99s%20Presidential%20Vacancy.jpg)
Voices From The Field
7 October 2016
Lebanon’s Presidential Vacancy: An Opening for Constitutional Reform?
![photo credit: Wattpad @OurSingaporeStory photo credit: Wattpad @OurSingaporeStory](/sites/default/files/singapire_image_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 September 2016
Singapore’s Constitutional Commission: Altering the Elected Presidency to Ensure Multiracialism
![Strengthening the Judiciary in Albania – the story behind the success of the 2016 constitutional reforms. Strengthening the Judiciary in Albania – the story behind the success of the 2016 constitutional reforms.](/sites/default/files/albania_judicial_reforms_july_2016_1.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 September 2016
Strengthening the Judiciary in Albania – the story behind the success of the 2016 constitutional reforms.
![The 2016 swearing-in ceremony was the fifth since President Museveni took power in 1986 (photo credit: BBC) The 2016 swearing-in ceremony was the fifth since President Museveni took power in 1986 (photo credit: BBC)](/sites/default/files/uganda_4_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 September 2016
Making sense of Uganda’s stalled Age-Limit Bill
![Photo credit: Money Excel Photo credit: Money Excel](/sites/default/files/zambia_cn_sept_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
12 September 2016
Zambia’s failed constitutional referendum: what next?
![A boy drinks water from a public water tap in Ljubljana (Photo credit: The visit Ljubljana website) A boy drinks water from a public water tap in Ljubljana (Photo credit: The visit Ljubljana website)](/sites/default/files/slovenia_water_august_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
30 August 2016
Constitutionalizing the right to water through popular initiative in Slovenia
![Photo credit: Ancient Greece - Mr. Donn Photo credit: Ancient Greece - Mr. Donn](/sites/default/files/greece_cn_august_2016_0.gif)
Voices From The Field
24 August 2016
The Greece constitutional reform process: Towards direct democracy and secularism?
![Graffiti artist Maser whose Repeal the 8th artwork on the Project Arts Building was subject to planning permission and had to be removed (Photo credit: Enda O’Dowd) Graffiti artist Maser whose Repeal the 8th artwork on the Project Arts Building was subject to planning permission and had to be removed (Photo credit: Enda O’Dowd)](/sites/default/files/ireland_cn_august_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
23 August 2016
Irish constitutional debate on abortion and the resort to Citizens’ Assemblies
![Photo credit: Salim Kaunda/Linkedin Photo credit: Salim Kaunda/Linkedin](/sites/default/files/zambia_flag_august_2016.png)
Voices From The Field
10 August 2016
Zambia’s constitutional referendum: More rights, questionable legitimacy?
![Supporters of the peace (Paz) process hold the Colombian flag (photo credit: Warscapes) Supporters of the peace (Paz) process hold the Colombian flag (photo credit: Warscapes)](/sites/default/files/colombia_peace_process_july_cn.jpg)
Voices From The Field
29 July 2016
Constitutional implications of Colombia’s judicialized peace process
![Impression of the 1947 Panglong Conference (photo credit: Shan Herald Agency for News) Impression of the 1947 Panglong Conference (photo credit: Shan Herald Agency for News)](/sites/default/files/myanmar_cn_panglong-agreement.jpg)
Voices From The Field
25 July 2016
The constitutional implications of Myanmar’s peace process
![Photo credit: The Himalayan Times Photo credit: The Himalayan Times](/sites/default/files/sri_lanka_cn_july_19.jpg)
Voices From The Field
19 July 2016
Sri Lanka’s search for constitutional consensus amid social and political divisions
![President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire (photo credit: Med Africa Times) President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire (photo credit: Med Africa Times)](/sites/default/files/cote_divoire_president_july_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
13 July 2016
The Third Cote d’Ivoire Republic: Towards an inclusive constitutional reform process
![Photo credit: Pakistan Christian Post Photo credit: Pakistan Christian Post](/sites/default/files/pakistan_cn_june_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
24 June 2016
Pakistan reforms on composition and mandate of Electoral Commission: The Devil is in the Details
![Lower House of Italian Parliament (photo credit: Reuters) Lower House of Italian Parliament (photo credit: Reuters)](/sites/default/files/italy_cn_june_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
23 June 2016
Italian constitutional reforms: Towards a stable and efficient government
![Photo credit: Rosa Photo credit: Rosa](/sites/default/files/kenya_cn_june_2016_0.jpg)
Voices From The Field
17 June 2016
Kenya’s failure to implement the two-third-gender rule: The prospect of an unconstitutional Parliament
![President Rahmon inaugurates a newly-founded special service military brigade (photo credit: Media Services of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan) President Rahmon inaugurates a newly-founded special service military brigade (photo credit: Media Services of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan)](/sites/default/files/tajikistan_cn_june_2016.jpg)
Voices From The Field
8 June 2016
Tajikistan's constitutional referendum: Legitimating de facto dictatorship?
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