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🗞️ 5 global constitutional news you may have missed this week

📌 Hungary – Government will amend the constitution to remove the President: https://t.co/eLEiuHKf4D 
📌 France – Legislative committee approves proposed constitutional autonomy for Corsica: https://t.co/V9RDhyJgrX
📌 Greece – Ruling party submits proposal for constitutional reform: https://t.co/S0ZBu5wPOe
📌 Mexico – Constitutional amendment allowing annulment of elections for foreign interference advances: https://t.co/1SW2WYJNfW
📌 Brazil – Lower house approves constitutional amendment reducing workweek: https://t.co/4MsbbKjqNm

👉 Stay updated on constitutional news from around the world: https://t.co/tAJQh3HJq9

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📜 What role can interim constitutions play in conflict-affected settings?

Our paper explores their potential in peacebuilding: https://t.co/hedKFyf4bD

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A constitution is only as strong as the institutions built to uphold it⚖️

This year's Women Constitution-Makers' Dialogue brought together judges, lawyers, advocates and researchers from Bangladesh, Ghana and Syria to ask a simple question: what does it actually take to make constitutional commitments real?

The answer involves courts that earn legitimacy over time, bar associations that resist political capture, and women who find ways to lead even when the door is barely open.

Read the new report: https://t.co/8qFRQMtRmV

#RuleOfLaw #Transition #WomenLeadership

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🗣️How do citizens shape decision-making beyond voting every few years?

Explore our primers on Direct Democracy: https://t.co/i5zwqDG4p7 & Local Democracy: https://t.co/maafNC5zTy

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Our May 2026 Constitution Building newsletter is live 📩

This month, we look at Algeria's 'technical' reforms that reveal a more substantive agenda and Hungary's constitutional reset after TISZA's election victory.

We also present 15+ country updates from across the globe and two new IDEA reports on the rule of law & democratic backsliding.

🔗 Read now: https://t.co/lEiCoxXxDd
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#ConstitutionBuilding #Algeria #Hungary

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Can constitutional courts be guardians of democracy? ⚖️

Explore the fundamentals of constitutional courts and their crucial role in shaping and protecting constitutions worldwide: https://t.co/XjdTyFKe66

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After 16 years of Orbán's illiberal rule, Hungary's new government is already moving to rewrite the constitutional playbook 🇭🇺

What does democratic recovery actually look like? Our latest analysis by Professor Renáta Uitz unpacks the opportunities and the obstacles ahead.

🔗 https://t.co/5zSj7GfmQZ

#Hungary #ConstitutionalLaw #RuleOfLaw #Democracy

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🌎 🗞️ Constitutional news you may have missed this week from ConstitutionNet

📌 Nepal – A draft regulation easing constitutional amendment requirements triggers controversy: https://t.co/aCcHAELjys
📌 North Macedonia – Parliament urged to hold referendum on constitutional recognition of minorities: https://t.co/4oBHUiDV0a
📌 Canada – Alberta's premier says referendum on whether to remain part of Canada will be held this fall: https://t.co/HPLKltCq42
📌 Ethiopia – Op-ed: Introducing term limits for prime ministers won't solve Ethiopia's democracy problems: https://t.co/oglgguKrZE

👉 Stay updated on constitutional news from around the world: https://t.co/tAJQh3HJq9

#ConstitutionalLaw #GlobalDemocracy #Nepal #NorthMacedonia #Canada #Ethiopia

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🧩How can decentralization deepen democratic values?

Using MENA as a case study, our report explores the ways that constitutional design can improve governance and security in neglected communities: https://t.co/ZSEXTDTTK1

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Ever wondered what it takes to build a strong and independent judiciary? ⚖️

Our primers break it down for you. Learn about judicial appointments, tenure and removal, immunity, and accountability: https://t.co/YzeYegK63G

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🇭🇺 Hungary’s constitutional future may hinge not only on elections, but on whether an entrenched system of “illiberal Christian democracy” can be dismantled.

In a new Voices from the Field piece, Renáta Uitz examines Hungary’s prospects for constitutional resettlement after years of democratic backsliding and institutional entrenchment.

Read now: https://t.co/KyLzXJjiuh

#Hungary #Constitution #RuleOfLaw #Democracy

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Why does constitution-making often fail after conflict? ⚖️

Our paper explores the grounds for failure, and strategies to prevent or build on it: https://t.co/zbUlPUTvdv

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🌎 🗞️ 5 constitutional news you may have missed this week

📌 Zimbabwe – Public consultation period for controversial proposed amendment concluded: https://t.co/IbRnjPhZRO  
📌 Thailand – Prime minister proposes constitutional drafting assembly: https://t.co/IGkk1e4fzC  
📌 DRC – Opposition challenges president over potential constitutional reform extending terms: https://t.co/QFlIsTq7xS
📌 Pakistan – Government considers raising voting age and altering provincial autonomy: https://t.co/LQ6DgeVrFq 
📌 South Africa – Op-ed: Ruling on impeachment matter demonstrates judicial independence: https://t.co/S5dhuQ29Mb 

👉 Stay updated on constitutional news from around the world: https://t.co/tAJQh3HJq9 

#News #Constitution #Democracy

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🛡️Can democracy be designed to resist backsliding?

Elected leaders are increasingly undermining democratic institutions from within. Our report unpacks how it happens, and what can be done to stop it: https://t.co/WwVN88iZ4o

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Want to understand the powers and limits of presidents across different systems? Dive into our primers to learn about:

🗳️How presidents are elected and removed: https://t.co/hqFTqPwCfJ
❌Presidential veto powers: https://t.co/UskiLUfF5v
🏛️Presidential legislative powers: https://t.co/uau6Hgu3z5
🎖️The role of non-executive presidents: https://t.co/ITdLuis4do

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💭 Have you read our latest expert analyses on constitution building?

📍Algeria: In March, Algeria adopted a set of constitutional amendments officially framed as “technical” and aimed at refining the operation of the 2020 Constitution. Yet the breadth of the changes actually recalibrate how power is organized and exercised across key institutions (Pr. Dr. Amar Rouabhi): https://t.co/6EPfwzcMRf

📍Cameroon: In April, Cameroon’s Parliament approved a constitutional amendment marking a notable shift in the country’s institutional framework. By replacing an interim electoral process with automatic succession through an appointed Vice President, the amendment raises key questions about the future of democratic governance in Cameroon (Melvis M. Ndiloseh): https://t.co/c5PJtZdjuq

📍Bangladesh: In February, Bangladesh appeared poised for sweeping constitutional reform after voters overwhelmingly endorsed the July Charter. Yet the ruling party’s refusal to engage in the proposed Constitution Reform Assembly, and its pivot to ordinary amendment procedures, quickly cast doubt on that trajectory (Imran A Siddiq): https://t.co/cWQ0zNF1Mv

📝 Read more Voices from the Field analyses: https://t.co/9RTinx1xIu

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🌍 Our Annual Review of Constitution-Building takes a close look at constitutional reform processes worldwide in 2024.

🔎 The findings point to troubling global trends: many reforms reflect setbacks for democracy and the rule of law.

⚖️ While the overall picture is undoubtedly gloomy, the review also highlights important silver linings, cases where resilience, innovation, and reform efforts offer hope amid the challenges.

https://t.co/3RJ1ngxXQU

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@P_VanDamme_EU Many thanks for sharing!

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Planned #elections in #SouthSudan are presented as necessary, but without targeted $constitutional adjustments, they risk being not only insufficient but also $destabilizing.

Read my policy brief for more!

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