A Two-day International Conference
Jointly organized by The Protection Project , Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Washington, D.C., U.S., and the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD), a joint program of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center and the University of Bologna, ItalyThis international event will bring together a diverse group of international constitutional scholars and policymakers to discuss the institutional actors and factors behind, as well as the substantive provisions of, recent constitutional changes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The program will examine both the new constitutions recently drafted (such as those in Egypt and Tunisia) as well as the promulgation of substantive amendments to existing constitutions (such as those in Jordan and Morocco), and will likewise provide comparative perspectives with constitutional trends and realities in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies, the Iraqi constitutional drafting experience, as well as with the Turkish model of constitutionalism. Expert participants will include renowned scholars from countries including Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Tunisia, Turkey, as well as from Greece, Italy, and the United States.
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