Myanmar’s Federal Democracy Charter: Analysis and Prospects
The Brief is intended for key stakeholders interested and/or participating in Myanmar’s return to democracy and to enable a better…
Language: Myanmar
A New Constitution for Myanmar: Towards Consensus on an Inclusive Federal Democracy
This is a study of the constitutional history and trajectory of Myanmar, together with an analysis of the positions of…
Limitation Clauses
This document examines limitation clauses as enabling constitutional rights to be partially limited, to a specified extent and for certain…
Local Democracy
This document examines local democracy as the self-government of cities, towns, villages and districts by democratic means—typically, but not exclusively,…
Managing Elections under the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Republic of Korea’s Crucial Test
This Technical Paper looks at the experience in the Republic of Korea which is one of the first countries to…
Judicial Tenure, Removal, Immunity and Accountability
This Primer covers the rules governing the tenure, immunity, discipline and removal of judges in constitutional democracies. In particular, it…
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool
The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool helps users to analyse a constitution from the perspective of indigenous peoples’…
Implementing Federalism
This document explains why any change from a centralized to a federal or devolved system is a significant one. It…
Inclusion of Combatants in Constitution-Building
This document examines the rationales for including combatants in constitution-building, the challenges this presents and some of the mechanisms that…
Independent Regulatory and Oversight (Fourth-Branch) Institutions
This Primer discusses independent regulatory and oversight institutions. These are public bodies, politically neutral and independent from the three main…