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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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Livret des Recommendations sur la Nouvelle Constitution

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This is a consolidation of responses submitted by Rwandans on the basis of a questionnaire prepared by the Legal and Constitutional Commission to gather views and test their knowledge on constitutional issues during the 2003 process.
Language: French
Publisher: Government of Rwanda

"Declaration of the Fundamental Principles of the New Egyptian State" released

On Tuesday 1 November 2011, the Egyptian government presented to a closed meeting of around 500 political activists its latest draft of a document entitled the “Declaration of the Fundamental Principles of the New Egyptian State” (English and Arabic).  More than two dozen drafts of this document have already been produced; many previous versions were referred to as the “supra-constitutional principles document”.  This current drafts seeks to establish a number of fundamental constitutional principles that any future constituent assembly will have to abide by when drafting or amending the constitution.  The current draft also sets out a number of rules that are to be used to select the constituent assembly’s members and to guide the constitutional process. 

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PLANO TEMÁTICO INDICATIVO PARA OS DEBATES PÚBLICOS SOBRE A FUTURA CONSTITUIÇÃO

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Indicative thematic planning for public debates on the future constitution
Language: Portuguese
Publisher: Angola

Résultats des opérations de popularisation de l’avant projet de constitution de la République du Benin organisée sur le territoire nationale

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Results of the national sensitizastion campaigns on the draft constitution of Benin(1990) conducted from 21-30 June 1990
Language: French
Publisher: Haut Conseil de la Republique

Les Actes de la Conference Nationale du Benin(1990)

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Excerpts of the proceedings of Benin's National Conference of 1990
Language: French
Publisher: Friedrich Naumann Foundation

Aavant Projet de Constitution de la Repiblique du Benin (1990)

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Press publication of the draft constitution of Benin(1990)
Language: French
Publisher: La Nation

The Proposed Constitution of Kenya (2010)

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The proposed constitution of Kenya as of 6 May 2010
Language: English
Publisher: Kenya

REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE REVIEWED HARMONIZED DRAFT CONSTITUTION

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Comprising the Recommendations agreed upon as a result of the deliberations of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Review of the Constitution in accordance with Section 32(1)(C) of the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, 2008 and Presented to the Committee of Experts Pursuant to Section 33(1…
Language: English
Publisher: Parliament of Kenya

Your Guide to the Constitution of kenya: Simplified Version

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Simplified version of the proposed constitution of kenya (2010)
Language: English
Publisher: Committee of Experts

Harmonised Draft Constitution of kenya: Peoples' Feedback

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Compiled report of public feedback on the proposed constitution of kenya done in 2009
Language: English