■ Fink Haysom

International assistance

The role of international or external support for national processes of constitution building has an instrumental impact on the design of these processes and the institutional choices that ultimately are framed in constitutions.

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Training programme

The new Constitution Builders CONNECT Resource – is an interactive training tool that reinforces sharing experiences as a means to building the capacity of practitioners to solve some of the dilemmas that they face in constitution building.

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Handbook

The Handbook reviews and discusses some of the institutional and procedural design choices that practitioners have recently considered during contemporary constitution building.

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Issue papers

Selected issues are considered at length based on emerging and ongoing dialogues among practitioners and specialists.

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Multimedia

A collection of multimedia resources from and about constitution-building processes.

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Web links

The web links provide a comprehensive list of relevant organizations and partners working in constitution building and related subjects.

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Nicholas “Fink” Haysom of South Africa was appointed as Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in May 2007.  Prior to this, Mr Haysom served as the head of UNAMI's ‘Office of Constitutional Support' from April 2005.  Since leaving his position as Legal Advisor to President Mandela in 1999, Haysom has been engaged in resolving internal conflicts and advising on constitutional reform in East and Central Africa, and South and South East Asia.   The interview was conducted in April 2009 in Cape Town about Haysom's views on constitution building.

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