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Chile's education campaign on rewriting the constitution. (photo credit: Presidency of Chile)

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7 December 2015

Chile launches constitutional reform process, starting with civic education

البرلمان الفرنسي

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4 December 2015

فرنسا: هولاند يطلب تمديد حالة الطوارئ ويدعو الى تعديل الدستور للتحرك ضد "الإرهاب الحربي"

وزير الارشاد السوداني

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4 December 2015

السودان: وزارة الإرشاد تقترح تعديلات دستورية لـ (مركزة) الفتوى والخطاب الدعوي

برلمان جنوب السودان

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4 December 2015

جنوب السودان: البرلمان يجيز تعديلات دستورية

Gove told peers that a bill of rights would strengthen protection of individuals and minorities. (photo credit: Rex Shuttershock)

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4 December 2015

UK plan to scrap Human Rights Act delayed due to proposals to create constitutional court

Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur (photo credit: India Today)

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4 December 2015

Supreme Court judge T S Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India

Demonstrators unfold an "Estelada" (pro-independence Catalan flag) during celebrations for Catalonia's National Day in Barcelona on September 11, 2015 (photo credit: AFP)

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3 December 2015

Spain's Constitutional Court annuls Catalan independence motion

Henryka Krzywonos, a Polish lawmaker and hero of the anti-communist Solidarity movement, appeals to lawmakers to respect the nation’s constitution ahead of a vote on five lawmakers to the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday Dec. 2, 2015. Critics of the right-wing Law and Justice party say the attempts to put supporters on the constitutional court are a violation of democratic norms. (photo credit: AP)

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3 December 2015

Poland's parliament appoints new constitutional court judges, claims that process is against the constitution

Government sources said the legal framework to extend special powers beyond the current three-month limit on a state of emergency will be put to ministers on December 23 Several parcel bomb alerts occured and for security reasons the city center has been closed to road traffic during the whole period of Strasbourg's Christmas market, following the November 13 Paris terror attacks. (photo credit: AFP)

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3 December 2015

France plans to change constitution to extend state of emergency: govt sources

The convener of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR), Nigel Hughes (photo credit: Guyana Graphic)

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2 December 2015

Findings of Guyana constitutional review to be released soon

Protest leaders say they'll continue their demonstration until their demands are met. (photo credit: RFE/RL)

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2 December 2015

Thousands rally in Armenia against plan to change constitution to retain president's power

Seven years after enacting a new Constitution, Rafael Correa seeks a new reform to solidify his autocratic rule. (photo credit: Ecuavisa)

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1 December 2015

Op-Ed: Correa’s Constitutional Reforms Are the End of Ecuadorian Democracy

photo credit: GoGoMongolia

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30 November 2015

Constitutional and electoral reform underway in Mongolia

French president Francois Hollande speaks in Paris, following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late on 13 November 2015 (photo credit: Independent)

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30 November 2015

French government seeks to write state of emergency into constitution

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator A.J. Nicholson (photo credit: Caribbean 360)

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30 November 2015

Jamaica foreign minister shoots down referendum on changing UK Privy Council as final court of appeal