The Asian Constitutional Law Forum aims to provide a venue for distinguished academics to share their thoughts and opinions on Asian constitutional law, to expand research networks, and to encourage collaboration. The first Forum was held at the Seoul National University, Korea in 2005, the second at the Center for Asian Legal Exchange of Nagoya University, Japan in 2007, the third at the College of Law at National Taiwan University in 2009, and the fourth at the Centre for Comparative and Public Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong in 2011. The Centre for Public Law at the Tsinghua University School of Law in Beijing, China will host this year’s conference.

The Constitution Building Processes team of International IDEA held a two-day showcase of its capacity building programme for constitution building for the UN DPA.