Annual Review of Constitution-Building: 2018
About this ebook
This sixth edition covers events in 2018 and includes articles on constitutional events in several regions of the world where International IDEA is active. These are loosely themed around the challenges of cooperation and coordination in constitutional politics—between majorities and minorities (in Burundi and Comoros, in Bolivia and Colombia, and in the Commonwealth Caribbean), between coalition partners in constitutional change processes (in Malaysia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka) and between external actors (in Libya, South Sudan and Yemen).
Writing at the mid-way point between the instant reactions of the blogosphere and academic analyses that follow several years later, the authors provide accounts of ongoing political transitions, the major constitutional issues they give rise to and the implications of these processes for democracy, the rule of law and peace.
About the author
Adem Abebe is the editor of ConstitutionNet, part of International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Processes Programme. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers, a member of the editorial board of the Ethiopian Journal of Human Rights, editor of the African Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law and Extraordinary Lecturer at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Elliot Bulmer is a Senior Programme Officer with International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Processes Programme. He is the editor of International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Primer series and specializes in comparative approaches to constitutional and institutional design. In addition, he is engaged in offering technical assistance and capacity-building in support of constitutional change processes around the world, with recent projects on Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tuvalu and Ukraine.
Amanda Cats-Baril is Senior Programme Officer for Constitution-Building in International IDEA’s Asia and the Pacific Programme. In this capacity, she supports constitution-building processes in Myanmar, Nepal and the Philippines, among other contexts, by providing technical assistance to governments, civil society organizations and International IDEA projects. Cats-Baril is an international lawyer who specializes in constitutional law, human rights, post-conflict transitions and democratization. She focuses on the promotion and protection of minority, particularly indigenous peoples, rights and interests in the context of large-scale development and government reform processes.
Roberto Gargarella is an Argentine lawyer and sociologist, with a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Chicago. He specializes in human rights, democracy, political philosophy, constitutional law, and equality and development. He is a visiting professor at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) Law School, and a full professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Law School. In addition, he is director of the Argentine Journal of Legal Theory.
Erin Houlihan is a Programme Officer with International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Processes Programme. She focuses on comparative knowledge development, direct assistance and capacity-building. Previously, she advised government officials and civil society on rule of law, human rights, and democracy and governance issues in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Turkey (Syria) and elsewhere. She has authored several publications on transitions in Afghanistan and Iraq and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.
Dian Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore and Deputy Editor of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law.
