Innovating for Pacific women's political empowerment through practice parliaments
From August 2011 to April 2012, Charmaine Rodrigues, then the UNDP Pacific Democratic Institutions and Accountability Specialist,...
Constitutionalism in Africa: The challenge of constitutional reform in pursuit of undemocratic purpo
In July 2000, African heads of state came together as the OAU and agreed the Lomé Declaration on the Framework for an OAU Response to...
Promoting freedom of information in the Pacific: a case study in Tonga
In 2005, the Pacific Leaders Forum agreed the first Pacific Plan, which committed the region to four key areas of work - good governance,...
Constitutional reform, peacebuilding and the social contract
Historically, national constitutions were designed to enshrine the basic agreement between the governed and their government, setting out...
