Issue 4, September 2013
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Voices from the field: Fiji’s half-finished transition and Egypt’s constitutional quagmire
- Is Fiji’s new Constitution that imperfect? Joni Madraiwiwi, Fiji’s former Vice President (2005-6), argues that while country’s new Constitution is not perfect, it provides a foundation to build upon. Full article.
- What do Egyptians really want? Hesham Nasr, Egyptian Judge, reflects on this question as country embarks on writing second Constitution within two years. Full article.
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In the media this month
Analyses
- Egypt’s Constitutional gang of 50
- Why consensus is key: lessons for Libya
- Egypt’s Constitutional debates: the problems ahead
News
- Tanzania — Battle heats up over constitutional review bill
- Zambia — Final draft constitution to be ready by October
- Nepal — CPN conditions participation in elections on Chief Justice’s resignation
- Myanmar — Suu Kyi says polls ‘cannot be fair’ without revised constitution
- East Africa Community to draft constitution for political federation
- Google Ideas launches Constitute, a website to read, search and compare world’s constitutions
Country constitutional profiles
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Latest library documents
- Tanzania Constitutional Review Act (2012)
- From a political to a developmental constitution: report of the Constitutional Review Commission of Ghana (2011)
- Comprehensive analysis of the 2013 Fiji Constitution
- A comparative study of scientific themes for constitution building
Jobs and opportunities
Events (recent and upcoming)
- Inter-regional Workshop on Regional Organizations, Rule of Law and Constitutional Governance, 19 October 2013
- Fifth Asian Constitutional Law Forum, 18-20 October
- Conference on Minorities and Marginalized Groups, 28-29 October
New staff
International IDEA welcomes Dr.William Elliot Blumer, formerly of the Scottish Constitutional Commission as its newest staff member.
New members on ConstitutionNet
- Michaela Ledesma (Interpeace)
- Noha Ibrahim (UNDP)
- Felix Anselm van Lier (Oxford University)
- Mokdad Altaee (IFES)
- Fatima Diallo (ANCL)
- George Anderson (Centre for Constitutional Transitions)
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