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Exploring what is (and isn’t) in the new Chilean Draft Constitution
Chile’s historic constituent process has come to a critical point with completion of the draft constitution that will go before voters on December 17, 2023. Tools on Constitute en español allow users to explore several aspects of Chile’s new draft constitution in comparative perspective. How has the draft changed? Constitute en español includes the texts…
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CCP Summer Interns Expand CCP Ontology
The Comparative Constitutions Project (CCP) has employed a team of eight interns this summer to expand the CCP’s coverage of content in national constitutions. The CCP ontology of topics currently tracks more than 330 topics in current and historical constitutions. Expanding this ontology will allow more comprehensive analysis of constitutions, as well as constitutional ideas…
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UT, International IDEA, and CCP Partner to Engage Students in Democracy Aid
This story originally appeared on the UT College of Liberal Arts website. A version of this story also appeared later on the UT Texas Global website. Students from The University of Texas at Austin will spend the summer in Central and South America working on democracy and election assistance through a new partnership between UT’s Department…
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Democratic Institutional Development Program Names 2023 Fellows
En Español The Democratic Institutional Development in Latin America program is an innovative research fellowship focused jointly on democracy assistance and research to launch students’ work in the field while advancing democratic development in Latin America. The program is based in the UT Government Department and developed in partnership with the International Institute for Democracy…
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New Podcast by CCP Co-Director Explores Rights
Rights matter, but conversations about rights can be polarizing, confusing, and frustrating. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates. On Entitled, they use that expertise to explore the stories and thorny questions around why rights matter and what’s the matter…