International IDEA has paid close attention to the concerns that many domestic and international actors as well as civil society have expressed on the voter education tool mVoter2020. International IDEA has been in communication with the Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC) relaying these concerns and suggesting that information on any candidate’s ethnicity and religion be eliminated from the application.
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On 29 September, the Union Election Commission of Myanmar launched a mobile application mVoter2020 in order to provide information on candidates for the November 2020 general elections as well as voter education. The content of the app is the sole responsibility of the Election Commission under the applicable law and regulations of Myanmar.
The inclusion and participation of combatants in constitution-building processes raises a number of distinctive issues.
Constitutional INSIGHTS No. 5 examines the rationales for including combatants in constitution-building, the challenges this presents and some of the mechanisms that might be used to support their participation in constitution-building processes.
Direct public participation is a feature of almost every exercise in constitution-building in the 21st century.
This issue of Constitutional INSIGHTS examines three different forms of direct public participation in constitution-building—consultation, deliberation and decision-making—and identifies ways to promote inclusive and meaningful direct public participation.
The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool helps users to analyse a constitution from the perspective of indigenous peoples’ rights.
International IDEA's Country Director in Myanmar Mark McDowell asks Parvinder Singh, Senior Programme Manager - Elections at International IDEA Myanmar about his experience providing technical advice to the National Election Commission of Liberia during the elections of 2014, in the shadow of the nation's Ebola pandemic.
Parliaments and Crisis: Challenges and Innovations is the new Parliamentary Primer produced by the INTER PARES project, funded by the European Union and delivered by International IDEA. Written in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the Primer looks at how democratic parliaments play a crucial role in making good decisions and protecting citizens’ rights during a crisis.
Training manual builds capacity ahead of the general elections in Myanmar.
Members of Parliament discuss constitutional reform, supported by International IDEA’s trusted knowledge resources and workshops
Creating women’s wings within political parties allows women greater influence over policymaking
Political party innovation hubs in Ukraine help revitalize the appeal of democratic politics and citizen representation among young political activists.
COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on countries and states as to whether to hold or postpone scheduled elections, amid controversies in either case.
Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution is hard to amend. It includes a high parliamentary threshold: to pass any amendment proposal more than 75 per cent of parliamentarians need to approve, and also entrenches an effective veto power for the armed forces of Myanmar (the Tatmadaw).
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
International law is an increasingly relevant consideration in constitution-building.
It is therefore helpful for a constitution to prescribe the effect of international law in domestic law. If all or some international law has automatic effect, it is helpful for the constitution to describe its position in the hierarchy of domestic law.
The increased prevalence of political transitions following internal conflict has seen heightened attention given to both transitional justice and constitution-building as fields of study and intervention.
A federation consists of at least two levels of government, each of which has a degree of autonomy that is protected by a constitution.
Countries with a federal system of government share powers between these levels in different ways, which affects their decision-making processes. The primary focus of this Constitution Brief is the division of legislative power, which typically raises the most difficult questions.
This Constitution Brief discusses the appointment of ministers in different systems of government.
It focuses on the question of whether ministers should have seats in the legislature. It is tailored to the specific needs of the Myanmar context.
The Constitution Brief explores: (a) the appointment of ministers at the union level and (b) the appointment of chief ministers and ministers at the region and state levels.
This Primer discusses independent regulatory and oversight institutions. These are public bodies, politically neutral and independent from the three main branches of government, whose purpose is to ensure the integrity—and improve the quality and resilience—of democratic governance.
ဤသင်ရိုးညွှန်းတမ်းသည် ကျောင်းသားလူငယ်များအတွက်ရည်ရွယ်၍ ရေးဆွဲထားသော စာအုပ်ဖြစ်ပြီး ဆရာများအတွက်လည်း သင်ကြားရေးတွင် အဆင်ပြေချောမွေ့စေရန် ဆရာမှတ်စုများ ထည့်သွင်းထားသည်။ ဤစာအုပ်သည် လူငယ်များကို ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် စံနှုန်းများနှင့် တန်ဖိုးများကို မိတ်ဆက်ပေးခြင်းဖြင့် မျိုးဆက်သစ်မဲဆန္ဒရှင်များနှင့် ခေါင်းဆောင်များပေါ်ထွန်းလာစေရန် ရည်ရွယ်ပါသည်။