Thai Constitution Drafting Committee calls for constitutional referendum. Thailand's junta-appointed drafting committee voiced support on Wednesday for a public referendum on the new constitution. The draft charter, which if passed would be the nation's 20th constitution since it became a democracy in 1932, has drawn criticism from political parties, village chiefs, and academics.

Civilian unrest in Burundi culminates in attempted military coup. Following protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's campaign for a third term in office, top general Godefroid Niyombare led an attempted military coup on Wednesday, while the president was on an official visit to Tanzania. The ongoing conflicts have resulted in over 20 deaths and caused thousands of Burundians to flee the country.

Two new papers use CCP data. Dr. Michael Hein of Humboldt University recently used Constitute to analyze entrenchment and eternity clauses in modern constitutions, while Dr. Vlad Tarko, Assistant Professor of Economics at Dickinson College, used CCP data in his paper on empirical assessments of constitutional effects.