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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🟠 During these #16Days of Activism, Women Constitution-Makers are speaking out on the urgent reforms needed to protect women from online harassment and digital abuse.
💬 Today’s insights come from Dr. Elizabeth Muli from Kenya.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3LZvM0V
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💬 Today’s insights come from Dr. Elizabeth Muli from Kenya.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3LZvM0V
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🟠 During these #16Days of Activism, Women Constitution-Makers are speaking out on the urgent reforms needed to protect women from online harassment and digital abuse.
💬 Today’s insights come from Dr. Elizabeth Muli from Kenya.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3LZvM0V
@internationalidea.bsky.social
💬 Today’s insights come from Dr. Elizabeth Muli from Kenya.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3LZvM0V
@internationalidea.bsky.social
🟠 Today marks the start of the #16Days campaign against gender-based violence, under the theme “End Digital Violence Against All Women & Girls.”
📙 Our new report sheds light on the threats women face online, from harassment and hate speech to the sharing of non-consensual images: bit.ly/3M2UxZV
📙 Our new report sheds light on the threats women face online, from harassment and hate speech to the sharing of non-consensual images: bit.ly/3M2UxZV
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🟠 Today marks the start of the #16Days campaign against gender-based violence, under the theme “End Digital Violence Against All Women & Girls.”
📙 Our new report sheds light on the threats women face online, from harassment and hate speech to the sharing of non-consensual images: bit.ly/3M2UxZV
📙 Our new report sheds light on the threats women face online, from harassment and hate speech to the sharing of non-consensual images: bit.ly/3M2UxZV
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
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#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