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17/05/2012 | Proposal | Amendment making Islamic law “the only source” of legislation in Kuwait [Rejected by the Emir]

May 17, 2012 in Kuwait

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1. B. Izzak, Amir rejects proposal to amend constitution – Islamists’ sharia bid thwarted – MP to grill social affairs minister, Kuwait Times,
May 17, 2012, Link (last visited May 18, 2012).
2. Reuters, Kuwait – Islamic Law Proposal Blocked, New York Times, May 18, 2012, Link (last visited May 18, 2012).

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24/02/2012 | New Constitutional Document | 2012 Constitution of Syria

February 24, 2012 in Syria

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1. Al Jazeera English, Syria says new constitution approved (2012), Link (last visited Mar 9, 2012).
2. Jurist, Paper Chase: Syria voters approve new constitution (2012), Link (last visited Mar 9, 2012).

Tags: 2010-2019, Amendment Procedure, Executive, Human Rights, International Law, Islamic Law, Judiciary, Legislature, Minorities, New Constitutional Document, Syria, Women
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10/12/2011 | New Constitutional Document | Law on the Interim Organisation of Public Powers of Tunisia

December 10, 2011 in Tunisia

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1. Amine Ghali, Commentary: A tangled road lies ahead in Tunisia’s constitutional process (2011), The Daily Star, Link (last visited Jan 11, 2012).
2. Amin Allal, Avant on tenait le mur, maintenant on tient le quartier, 121 Politique africaine 53–67.
3. Hédi Ben Mrad, La question constitutionnelle, Link.
4. Sami Bostanji, La guerre de l’article premier n’aura pas lieu, Link.
5. Houki Chaker, Les conseils pour la protection de la révolution.
6. Hamadi Redissi, La nahdha et la transition démocratique, Link.
7. Letter to the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly Regarding the New Constitution, Human Rights Watch, March 19, 2012, Link (last visited Mar 22, 2012).

Tags: 2010-2019, Amendment Procedure, Executive, Human Rights, International Law, Islamic Law, Judiciary, Legislature, Military, Minorities, New Constitutional Document, Tunisia, Women
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15/10/2011 | Proposal | Presidential Decree No. 33 of Syria

October 15, 2011 in Syria

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1. Announcement by President Bashar Al Assad of a National Committee charged with preparing a new constitution within four months, Link.

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03/08/2011 | New Constitutional Document | 2011 Constitutional Declaration of Libya

August 3, 2011 in Libya

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1. Contribution of Azza al-Maghur on the structural deficiencies of the Libyan constitutional process afoot in the post-Qaddafi constitutional moment (March 18, 2012), Link (Arabic), debate in the group “The Libyan constitutional process.”
2. Libya: State of the Transformation Process, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (2011), Link (last visited Jan 18, 2012).

Tags: 2010-2019, Amendment Procedure, Executive, Human Rights, International Law, Islamic Law, Judiciary, Legislature, Libya, Military, Minorities, New Constitutional Document, Women
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09/07/2011 | New Constitutional Document | Transitional Constitution of Southern Sudan

July 9, 2011 in South Sudan

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Tags: 2010-2019, Amendment Procedure, Executive, Human Rights, International Law, Islamic Law, Judiciary, Legislature, Military, Minorities, New Constitutional Document, South Sudan, Women
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30/03/2011 | New Constitutional Document | Constitutional Declaration of Egypt

March 30, 2011 in Egypt

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1. Ahramonline, Egypt’s constitution: A controversial declaration (2011), Link.
2. RN Advisory Board Member Ayman Nour on the Constituent Assembly, Al Jazeera English, April 2, 2012.	Video The video cannot be shown at the moment. Please try again later.

Tags: 2010-2019, Amendment Procedure, Egypt, Executive, Human Rights, International Law, Islamic Law, Judiciary, Legislature, Military, Minorities, New Constitutional Document, Women
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23/03/2011 | New Constitutional Document | Decree 14-2011 relating to the provisional organization of the public authorities

March 23, 2011 in Tunisia

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20/04/2010 | Proposal | Constitutional Amendments

April 20, 2010 in Kuwait

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1. Al-Shorfa, Kuwaiti MP says his constitutional amendments promote political reform (2010), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).
2. Arab Times, The constitutional amendments suggested by MP Ali Al-Rashed will not touch the essence of the country’s constitutional system (2012), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).
3. Brown, Nathan, Pushing towards Party Politics? Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement? (2007), Link.
4. Hussein Al-Dallal, Mohammed, Comments by Mohammed Hussein Al-Dallal, Political Relations Official and Member of the ICM Political Bureau in Kuwait, on “Pushing towards Party Politics? Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement?” by Nathan Brown (2007), Link.

Tags: Executive, Islamic Law, Kuwait, Legislature, Proposal
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19/04/2010 | Amendment | Eighteenth Amendment

April 19, 2010 in Pakistan

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درى – [Support the project - submit available references]

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1. Mahboob Hussain, Eighteenth Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan: Success and Controversies, 8 Asian Social Science 81-88 (2012).
2. Sabrina Tavernise & Salman Masood, Pakistan Weighs Changes to Revise Constitution, The New York Times, April 6, 2010, Link (last visited Jan 19, 2012).

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