Our attempt to disentangle an interim decision of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala on the relationship between international and constitutional law. In short: a reservation to the VCLT is not the place to entrench constitutional rules blog-iacl-aidc.org/2025-posts/2...

Make sure you don't miss the official launch of the updated GLOBALCIT Dataset ✨️ This Wednesday, 18 June ⏰️🚨 More info and registration link 👇

New research centre at Warwick Law: The Centre for Constitutions in Context (CCC) (@cccwarwick.bsky.social). Founded by @maramalagodi.bsky.social and me, the CCC investigates constitutions in their broader context. Follow us for information, including events and news: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/...

Nikitha Aithal, Helena Cook, Marnie Lloydd and Julija Sardelić focus on 🇳🇿 2024 citizenship restoration for Sāmoans, arguing it treats the symptoms, not the systems of colonial injustice Justice means dismantling ongoing racism & exclusion, not just restoring legal status ⚖️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/56wjhr8w

Great post on the IACL-AIDC Blog by Coel Kirkby and Thomas Martyn on the Supreme Court of Fiji's judgment [2024] FJSC 20, laying the groundwork for the current legal challenge to Fiji's "unamendable" Constitution blog-iacl-aidc.org/2025-posts/2...

Fiji's Cabinet will seek an interpretation from the Supreme Court on the amendment provisions of the 2013 Constitution, setting "the stage for what could become the most significant test of Fiji's Constitution since its controversial adoption in 2013" www.fijitimes.com.fj/constitution...

‘Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence’ Latest from Leah Lowonbu, Harlyne Joku and myself for BenarNews Pacific. #PNG #MSG #PIF LINK: www.benarnews.org/english/news...

Happening today at #CSW69! 📢 @internationalidea.bsky.social & the Mission of Canada to the UN are hosting a side event on the critical role of women in #peacebuilding and constitution-building during times of conflict and transition. ⬇️ #DemocracyForAll www.idea.int/events/const...

Today is the anniversary of my dear friend Dr Julius Yam, who left us far too early on 19 March 2024. He was such a warm, fiercely intelligent, and wickedly funny man. Many of us are working to make sure that he and his leading work are remembered in the field of comparative constitutional studies.

PNG parliament amends constitution further limiting access to votes of no confidence

Parliamentary debate on constitutional change in Fiji. The parliament is navigating provisions in the 2013 Constitution that try to make the amendment provisions unamendable www.fijivillage.com/news/Constit...

Trove API users beware! I had a meeting with the NLA on Friday about my cancelled API keys and was shocked by changes in their policy towards API use that could have a big impact of HASS research using #trove data. More details […]

Discover the series 'Hart Studies on Judging and the Courts' Examines judges, the judiciary, and the courts, from a range of doctrinal and theoretical perspectives and with a primary focus on appellate courts in the common law world buff.ly/41aNsKE #PublicLaw

Legal challenge now looms to parliament's vote to change Samoa's constitution. The issue is a familiar one: how a majority is calculated www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sam...

depressing #citizenshipbyinvestment crossover with climate change

Samoa's parliament passes constitutional amendments, reversing changes made in 2020 to the judiciary and Lands and Titles Court samoaglobalnews.com/maulolos-vot...

A process to review and amend Fiji's constitution is underway maitvfiji.com/fiji-cabinet...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, remains the country's PM, but the FAST party remains divided. Good analysis from Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson & Lilomaiava Maina Vai on Devpolicy: devpolicy.org/samoa-politi...

@cherylas1.bsky.social has shaped my work and career in so many ways. It is an honour to be part of this special issue of Comparative Constitutional Studies celebrating her scholarship. Open access for a short time www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

On Devpolicty Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson & Junior S. Ami provide a great explainer of the political crisis in Samoa: devpolicy.org/trouble-is-b... @amitam.bsky.social

New Zealand rejects a proposal by the Cook Islands to create its own passports and citizenship. Citizenship in nations that are not-quite-states is complicated and deserves more comparative study @globalcit.bsky.social islandsbusiness.com/news-break/n...

📣🔖🏆 Call for Nominations for the 2025 ICON·S Book Prize! Nominate your candidates by January 31, 2025. Learn more about eligibility and the nomination process here: icon-society.org/book-prize-n...

Solomon Islands Constituent Assembly to reconvene before the end of 2024 after a Bill to extend its deadline to debate and vote on a new Federal Constitution fails to pass parliament. Excellent reporting (with links!) by Georgina Kekea www.tavulinews.com.sb/opposition-c...

Romitesh Kant & Mereoni Chung on the opportunities and challenges of constitutional reform in Fiji: "Against a backdrop of militarised politics, contested ethnic identities, and a legacy of exclusionary practices... the key question is: Whose vision will shape the future of Fiji?" buff.ly/49rCnZI

Building a comparative constitutional law starter pack - let me know if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LQqBn6D

With unanimous support, the Citizenship Western Samoa Restoration Amendment Bill has passed its third and final reading in New Zealand Parliament today. Huge mihi to @teanau.bsky.social for this huge result. 💚

How not to do public consultation. Or public policy.

ICYMI, you can watch the presentation of the EBA Report "External Support to Constitution Building Processes" by @cherylas1.bsky.social, Hassen Ebrahim, Markus Derblom and Malin Oud, plus discussion with co-authors Cheryl Saunders, Andy Carl, Sam Smith and myself eba.se/en/seminars/...

Big day in Hong Kong with the 47 sentenced, some for lengthy 6,7 and 10 year sentences. From HK Free Press: "As the defendants were escorted away by the corrections officers, Joshua Wong yelled: “I love Hong Kong, bye bye!”" hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...

Breaking: #HongKong High Court has sentenced former HKU law professor Benny Tai to 10 years in jail, the longest sentence so far under the Beijing-imposed national security law.

This piece provides a good overview of Pacific migration opportunities to Australia, including the new Falepili Union with Tuvalu. Great to see our policy brief on climate mobility get a mention. I just wish media would avoid the insensitive 'climate refugee' framing www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

I’ve put together a starter pack on … 🥁… wait for it … citizenship! 😉 This is a first stab and I have surely overlooked people. Happy to add you to this list and expand while more people are joining bluesky. #migcitsky go.bsky.app/5vLDGon

Here's a starter pack of Public and Constitutional Law BSky accounts. It's mostly UK and Commonwealth lawyers/blogs, including some parliamentary people and govt lawyers. I've got a much longer list too (which includes US lawyers/blogs) go.bsky.app/25qHVZa

This is a very powerful and thought provoking explanation of the meaning of the haka and associated events in the NZ Parliament this week. Worth watching - and thinking about!

A Report on External Support to Constitution Building Processes, by a team that I was very happy to lead, is now online and available here: eba.se/en/current/how-to-support-constitution-processes/. It identifies, elaborates and applies four broad factors to guide and assess external support.

Vanuatu prepares for a referendum on constitutional change, its first referendum since independence. The amendments require MPs to affiliate with a political party in an effort to promote political stability www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog...

📣🔖🏆Call for Nominations for the 2024 ICON·S Book Prize 📬Nominate your candidate/s before December 20, 2023! To learn more about the prize, the eligibility criteria, and the nomination process, visit: icon-society.org/call-for-nom...

OK, first post on Bluesky, let's make it about a new book: The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts is now published bit.ly/45VjydZ. 26 chapters on the law, politics and history of foreign judging across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Middle East & Pacific