Prepared for UN Constitutionmaker

These are the rules of procedure for the Nepal Constituent Assembly (2008).

This decree from the President of Fiji sets out the purposes and principles of the constitution-making process, creates the Constitution Commission, sets out its structure, functions, powers, and financing, and attaches in Schedule 1, the timeline for the constitution-making process, in Schedule 2, the Code of Conduct for members of the Constitution Commission, and in Schedule 3, their Oath of Office.  

This is a code of conduct for the team members of COPAC's Outreach Constitution Consultation Programme.

This is the draft Code of Conduct circulated to members of the Constitutional Commission in Afghanistan.

Confidentiality Provision: This document is confidential and intended solely for the use of United Nations staff. The document should not be reproduced or distributed to any person outside the United Nations.

This Code of Conduct for members and staff of the Kenyan Constitutional Commission is extracted from the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, 2001.

This is a comprehensive guide to constitution-making and reform. The book identifies the tasks that need to be carried out, the procedures that can be used, and who can do them. It is intended for a wide audience and to be a guide for anyone who is engaged in a constitution-making process, or who is interested in improving constitution-making practice.

This is an IDEA sample code of conduct for members of constitution-making bodies.

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This paper, part of IDEA's Women and Constitution Building Initiative in Nepal, raised issues about how Nepal's Constituent Assembly would work, and how its procedures would impact both on the way women members played a part in its work, and how women's issues would be dealt with in the new Constitution.