ConstitutionNet
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Online knowledge platform of @internationalidea.bsky.social providing resources, news and analysis on constitution building processes worldwide.
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As attacks on the judiciary are on the rise, building a strong and independent judiciary matters more than ever ⚖️ Explore how systems protect the judiciary through judicial appointments, tenure and removal, immunity, and accountability: buff.ly/V6S06ZY
#RuleOfLaw #Judiciary #Justice
#RuleOfLaw #Judiciary #Justice
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As attacks on the judiciary are on the rise, building a strong and independent judiciary matters more than ever ⚖️ Explore how systems protect the judiciary through judicial appointments, tenure and removal, immunity, and accountability: buff.ly/V6S06ZY
#RuleOfLaw #Judiciary #Justice
#RuleOfLaw #Judiciary #Justice
📑 Framed as a “technical revision,” Chad’s 2025 constitutional reform extends presidential terms, removes limits, and consolidates President Déby’s power. Nathan Leubnoudji Tah explores how these changes redefine Chad’s institutions — prioritizing longevity over alternation: buff.ly/oJXknBN
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📑 Framed as a “technical revision,” Chad’s 2025 constitutional reform extends presidential terms, removes limits, and consolidates President Déby’s power. Nathan Leubnoudji Tah explores how these changes redefine Chad’s institutions — prioritizing longevity over alternation: buff.ly/oJXknBN
📝 After weeks of Gen Z–led protests, #Madagascar faces a military-led #transition and constitutional suspension. Dr. Ramasy explores the High Constitutional Court’s role, the tension between legality and legitimacy, and the uncertain path toward democratic renewal: buff.ly/9n2jeUN
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📝 After weeks of Gen Z–led protests, #Madagascar faces a military-led #transition and constitutional suspension. Dr. Ramasy explores the High Constitutional Court’s role, the tension between legality and legitimacy, and the uncertain path toward democratic renewal: buff.ly/9n2jeUN
🗞️ In our new #constitution building #newsletter:
✍️ Expert analyses on #Brazil, #Chad and #Madagascar
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 New @internationalidea.bsky.social publications on #civicspace and #prosecutionservices
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✍️ Expert analyses on #Brazil, #Chad and #Madagascar
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 New @internationalidea.bsky.social publications on #civicspace and #prosecutionservices
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November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🗞️ In our new #constitution building #newsletter:
✍️ Expert analyses on #Brazil, #Chad and #Madagascar
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 New @internationalidea.bsky.social publications on #civicspace and #prosecutionservices
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/47DTd6X
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
✍️ Expert analyses on #Brazil, #Chad and #Madagascar
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 New @internationalidea.bsky.social publications on #civicspace and #prosecutionservices
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Help shape the future of International IDEA's digital resources! We are currently reviewing our key platforms and need your honest #feedback:
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November 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Help shape the future of International IDEA's digital resources! We are currently reviewing our key platforms and need your honest #feedback:
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How can constitutions be more inclusive? Our primers explore how they can reflect plural identities, interests, and priorities:
🧩Religion–State Relations: buff.ly/U9OM0YR
🧩Official Language Designation: buff.ly/fW2mS1i
🧩Federalism: buff.ly/wrWOCL2
#Diversity #Federalism #Religion
🧩Religion–State Relations: buff.ly/U9OM0YR
🧩Official Language Designation: buff.ly/fW2mS1i
🧩Federalism: buff.ly/wrWOCL2
#Diversity #Federalism #Religion
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How can constitutions be more inclusive? Our primers explore how they can reflect plural identities, interests, and priorities:
🧩Religion–State Relations: buff.ly/U9OM0YR
🧩Official Language Designation: buff.ly/fW2mS1i
🧩Federalism: buff.ly/wrWOCL2
#Diversity #Federalism #Religion
🧩Religion–State Relations: buff.ly/U9OM0YR
🧩Official Language Designation: buff.ly/fW2mS1i
🧩Federalism: buff.ly/wrWOCL2
#Diversity #Federalism #Religion
📢 For those in Dhaka on Monday, 27 October, join us at North South University for a Special Lecture on the newly proclaimed July Charter and how global experiences can help inform ongoing reform efforts in Bangladesh.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Reform #Governance
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Reform #Governance
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📢 For those in Dhaka on Monday, 27 October, join us at North South University for a Special Lecture on the newly proclaimed July Charter and how global experiences can help inform ongoing reform efforts in Bangladesh.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Reform #Governance
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Reform #Governance
🌍 What can Bangladesh learn from global experiences in constitution-making?
✍ Following the signing of the July Charter on political reforms, Sumit Bisarya of @internationalidea.bsky.social will deliver a Distinguished Law Lecture at the University of Dhaka.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Democracy
✍ Following the signing of the July Charter on political reforms, Sumit Bisarya of @internationalidea.bsky.social will deliver a Distinguished Law Lecture at the University of Dhaka.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Democracy
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🌍 What can Bangladesh learn from global experiences in constitution-making?
✍ Following the signing of the July Charter on political reforms, Sumit Bisarya of @internationalidea.bsky.social will deliver a Distinguished Law Lecture at the University of Dhaka.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Democracy
✍ Following the signing of the July Charter on political reforms, Sumit Bisarya of @internationalidea.bsky.social will deliver a Distinguished Law Lecture at the University of Dhaka.
#Bangladesh #Constitution #Democracy
📢Our new article explores how the rejection of the “Shielding Constitutional Amendment” in #Brazil reflects the resilience of its rule of law, the public's capacity to check political power, and the ongoing challenges and possibilities for democratic accountability in the country: bit.ly/4h5rQaa
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢Our new article explores how the rejection of the “Shielding Constitutional Amendment” in #Brazil reflects the resilience of its rule of law, the public's capacity to check political power, and the ongoing challenges and possibilities for democratic accountability in the country: bit.ly/4h5rQaa
How do constitutional systems balance power, and who keeps it in check? Explore our primers on:
🕵️Fourth-Branch Institutions: buff.ly/HTS6CtF
🏛️Government Formation and Removal: buff.ly/Qze4uTS
👑Constitutional Monarchs: buff.ly/bF8JESk
#Constitution #Governance #RuleOfLaw
🕵️Fourth-Branch Institutions: buff.ly/HTS6CtF
🏛️Government Formation and Removal: buff.ly/Qze4uTS
👑Constitutional Monarchs: buff.ly/bF8JESk
#Constitution #Governance #RuleOfLaw
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How do constitutional systems balance power, and who keeps it in check? Explore our primers on:
🕵️Fourth-Branch Institutions: buff.ly/HTS6CtF
🏛️Government Formation and Removal: buff.ly/Qze4uTS
👑Constitutional Monarchs: buff.ly/bF8JESk
#Constitution #Governance #RuleOfLaw
🕵️Fourth-Branch Institutions: buff.ly/HTS6CtF
🏛️Government Formation and Removal: buff.ly/Qze4uTS
👑Constitutional Monarchs: buff.ly/bF8JESk
#Constitution #Governance #RuleOfLaw
🧩 In Chapter 7 of our Annual Review, William Underwood describes the transitional arrangements in #BurkinaFaso and #SouthSudan and how timelines set for transition were extended with no real certainty as to when either country will re-establish a democratic constitutional order: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧩 In Chapter 7 of our Annual Review, William Underwood describes the transitional arrangements in #BurkinaFaso and #SouthSudan and how timelines set for transition were extended with no real certainty as to when either country will re-establish a democratic constitutional order: buff.ly/H2RnibG
📩 Missed our latest #constitution building #newsletter?
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
📩 Missed our latest #constitution building #newsletter?
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
📝 In Chapter 6 of our Annual Review, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher describes how democratically elected leaders who have been forced from power through a military coup d’etat ( #Myanmar) or electoral manipulation ( #Belarus) are engaging in constitution making in exile: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📝 In Chapter 6 of our Annual Review, Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher describes how democratically elected leaders who have been forced from power through a military coup d’etat ( #Myanmar) or electoral manipulation ( #Belarus) are engaging in constitution making in exile: buff.ly/H2RnibG
🌍 In Chapter 5 of our Annual Review, Sharon Pia Hickey asks: how is increasing European integration shaping constitutional identity & how do national constitutional choices around #family and #gender feed back into the competing narrative of what #Europe is and what it stands for? buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🌍 In Chapter 5 of our Annual Review, Sharon Pia Hickey asks: how is increasing European integration shaping constitutional identity & how do national constitutional choices around #family and #gender feed back into the competing narrative of what #Europe is and what it stands for? buff.ly/H2RnibG
⏲️ #NewZealand is proposing to move from a three- to four-year parliamentary term. In our latest piece, Dr. Edward Willis examines what is at stake.
🔗 bit.ly/46G8QeX
#Constitution #Democracy #Parliament
🔗 bit.ly/46G8QeX
#Constitution #Democracy #Parliament
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
⏲️ #NewZealand is proposing to move from a three- to four-year parliamentary term. In our latest piece, Dr. Edward Willis examines what is at stake.
🔗 bit.ly/46G8QeX
#Constitution #Democracy #Parliament
🔗 bit.ly/46G8QeX
#Constitution #Democracy #Parliament
⚖️ In Chapter 4 of our Annual Review, Adem Kassie Abebe focuses on reforms to #prosecution services, noting how common partisan abuse of these services has been in various countries and ways in which some jurisdictions have sought to protect this function from political manipulation: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
⚖️ In Chapter 4 of our Annual Review, Adem Kassie Abebe focuses on reforms to #prosecution services, noting how common partisan abuse of these services has been in various countries and ways in which some jurisdictions have sought to protect this function from political manipulation: buff.ly/H2RnibG
When and how rights can be limited? Dive into our primers on:
⚖️ Limitation clauses – when rights can be lawfully restricted: buff.ly/YkulTEn
🚨 Emergency powers – what governments can do in times of crisis: buff.ly/HdfuRiJ
#Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #HumanRights
⚖️ Limitation clauses – when rights can be lawfully restricted: buff.ly/YkulTEn
🚨 Emergency powers – what governments can do in times of crisis: buff.ly/HdfuRiJ
#Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #HumanRights
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When and how rights can be limited? Dive into our primers on:
⚖️ Limitation clauses – when rights can be lawfully restricted: buff.ly/YkulTEn
🚨 Emergency powers – what governments can do in times of crisis: buff.ly/HdfuRiJ
#Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #HumanRights
⚖️ Limitation clauses – when rights can be lawfully restricted: buff.ly/YkulTEn
🚨 Emergency powers – what governments can do in times of crisis: buff.ly/HdfuRiJ
#Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #HumanRights
🏛️ In Chapter 3 of our Annual Review, Elliot Bulmer describes the ongoing reform processes in #Fiji, #Guyana and #Jamaica, including the major challenge of finding sufficient political consensus to meet the necessary thresholds to adopt constitutional amendments in #parliament: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🏛️ In Chapter 3 of our Annual Review, Elliot Bulmer describes the ongoing reform processes in #Fiji, #Guyana and #Jamaica, including the major challenge of finding sufficient political consensus to meet the necessary thresholds to adopt constitutional amendments in #parliament: buff.ly/H2RnibG
📚 In the second Chapter of our Annual Review, Satang Nabaneh analyses the evolving relationship between #gender and #constitutionalism in ongoing constitutional reform processes in #Barbados and #Ghana: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📚 In the second Chapter of our Annual Review, Satang Nabaneh analyses the evolving relationship between #gender and #constitutionalism in ongoing constitutional reform processes in #Barbados and #Ghana: buff.ly/H2RnibG
🗞️ In our latest #constitution building #newsletter:
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🗞️ In our latest #constitution building #newsletter:
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
✍️ Expert analyses on #Fiji and #NewZealand
🌍 Constitutional #news from around the world
📚 IDEA's Annual Review of Constitution Building
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4o7xpqO
👉 Subscribe: bit.ly/3IguwEy
How do elections and constitution-building shape each other in fragile and conflict-affected states? 🗳️📜Explore the complex links between legitimacy, sequencing, and stability in post-conflict transitions: buff.ly/EB1q243
#Elections #Constitution #Peacebuilding #Conflict #Democracy
#Elections #Constitution #Peacebuilding #Conflict #Democracy
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How do elections and constitution-building shape each other in fragile and conflict-affected states? 🗳️📜Explore the complex links between legitimacy, sequencing, and stability in post-conflict transitions: buff.ly/EB1q243
#Elections #Constitution #Peacebuilding #Conflict #Democracy
#Elections #Constitution #Peacebuilding #Conflict #Democracy
⚖️ In the first Chapter of our Annual Review, Alexandra Oancea and Sumit Bisarya examine the proactive constitutional reforms in #Germany, #Norway and #Sweden to safeguards their #judiciary against future risks of backsliding, drawing lessons from developments seen elsewhere: buff.ly/H2RnibG
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
⚖️ In the first Chapter of our Annual Review, Alexandra Oancea and Sumit Bisarya examine the proactive constitutional reforms in #Germany, #Norway and #Sweden to safeguards their #judiciary against future risks of backsliding, drawing lessons from developments seen elsewhere: buff.ly/H2RnibG
📜Thinking about writing a #constitution? Start with the basics! 🖋️ Explore our primers to understand what a constitution is: buff.ly/8oNoW9R & how it can be amended: buff.ly/RugLv7y
#Constitution #Governance #Democracy #RuleOfLaw
#Constitution #Governance #Democracy #RuleOfLaw
October 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📜Thinking about writing a #constitution? Start with the basics! 🖋️ Explore our primers to understand what a constitution is: buff.ly/8oNoW9R & how it can be amended: buff.ly/RugLv7y
#Constitution #Governance #Democracy #RuleOfLaw
#Constitution #Governance #Democracy #RuleOfLaw
⚖️ In Fiji, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark opinion on the validity and amendability of the country’s 2013 Constitution. But what does this mean for the future of constitutional reform in the country? Romitesh Kant and Mereoni Chung weigh in: buff.ly/IuH5Zg0
#Fiji #Constitution #Reform #Law
#Fiji #Constitution #Reform #Law
September 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
⚖️ In Fiji, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark opinion on the validity and amendability of the country’s 2013 Constitution. But what does this mean for the future of constitutional reform in the country? Romitesh Kant and Mereoni Chung weigh in: buff.ly/IuH5Zg0
#Fiji #Constitution #Reform #Law
#Fiji #Constitution #Reform #Law
🗣️How do citizens shape decision-making beyond voting every few years? Explore our primers on Direct Democracy: buff.ly/ZH1VaGz & Local Democracy: buff.ly/mJpENBT
#Democracy #LocalGovernance #Constitution #Decentralization
#Democracy #LocalGovernance #Constitution #Decentralization
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🗣️How do citizens shape decision-making beyond voting every few years? Explore our primers on Direct Democracy: buff.ly/ZH1VaGz & Local Democracy: buff.ly/mJpENBT
#Democracy #LocalGovernance #Constitution #Decentralization
#Democracy #LocalGovernance #Constitution #Decentralization