New Forms of Political Party Membership
This Primer analyse these new forms of political party membership and presents how different parties and contexts have given birth…
Theme: Democracy
Non-executive Presidents in Parliamentary Democracies
This document analyses how a non-executive president is a symbolic leader of a state who performs a representative and civic…
Official Language Designation
This Primer addresses the role of language in constitutional design, and the key considerations, implications and potential challenges that arise…
Opposition and Legislative Minorities: Constitutional Roles, Rights and Recognition
This Primer examines the recognition, roles and rights of the opposition and the legislative minority in democratic constitutions.
Out-of-Country Voting: Learning from Practice
This report presents practical examples from different countries and highlights key issues to be considered before introducing out-of-country (ocv) voting…
Mechanisms for Indigenous Representation, Participation and Consultation in Constitutional Systems
This report presents comparative examples of self-determinative institutional mechanisms that empower Indigenous peoples to be heard by and influence decision…
Interim Governance Arrangements: Comparative Principles and Practice for Myanmar
This brief sets out some comparative principles and practices of interim governance arrangements, which are a device often used to…
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…
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…