■ African Conference on Constitution building

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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With the entry into force of the Constitutive Act of the African Union in 2000 and the adoption of the Charter for Democracy, Elections and Good Governance in January 2007, Africa entered a new phase of constitutional development that was to be based on shared values and principles enshrined in the Act of the Union and its other relevant Declarations. Since then, the AU has taken more steps to promote constitutionalism on the Continent. It is in this context that it partnered with International IDEA and the Government of Benin to organize a Pan–African Conference on Constitution Building from 25-27 October in Cotonou, Benin bringing together delegates and constitutional experts from AU member states and other participants from Latin America, Asia and the Western Hemisphere.

This video captures highlights of the opening:

This video captures highlights of the closing:

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