This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA discusses rules for the selection and removal of governments in parliamentary and semi-presidential systems.

A study of recent constitutional jurisprudence on gender equality and women’s empowerment, published by UNWOMEN and International IDEA.

This assessment from International IDEA helps users analyse a constitutional text for the perspective of the substantive quality of women. Using a series of questions, the Assessment guides you through an examination of the most critical constitutional issues that affect women’s rights and gender equality. 

This Constitutional Design Primer from International IDEA addresses the role of language in constitutional design, and the key considerations that arise in multilingual states.

This Constitutional Brief from International IDEA surveys comparative constitutional practice relating to the minorities within minorities challenge – that is, the protection of minorities within constituent units in multi-level governance systems.

This publication presents good practices for the advancement of gender equality in constitutional provisions through the articulation of women’s political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights.

This report provides a compilation of extracts from opinions on issues relating to Social and Economic Rights from the Council of Europe’s Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission).

This Primer on “Constitutional principles” (sometimes called “guiding principles”) provides an overview of documented principles or concepts that are intended to provide substantive and/or procedural guidance to a constitutional process.