Afghanistan, the Taliban and their stance on constitutions and laws

06/01/23 • 47 min

A conversation between International IDEA's Head of Communications and Knowledge Management, Alistair Scrutton and the authors of the recently published report "The Constitution and Laws of the Taliban 1994-2001: Hints from the Past and Options for the Future", M. Bashir Mobasher, Shamshad Pasarlay and Mohammad Qadam Shah.
Guests:

M. Bashir Mobasher, postdoctoral fellow at the American University’s Department of Sociology
Shamshad Pasarlay is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School
Mohammad Qadam Shah, Assistant Professor of Global Development at the Seattle Pacific University School of Business, Government, and Economics

Read the report: https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.54

M. Bashir Mobasher, postdoctoral fellow at the American University’s Department of Sociology
Shamshad Pasarlay is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School
Mohammad Qadam Shah, Assistant Professor of Global Development at the Seattle Pacific University School of Business, Government, and Economics

Read the report: https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.54

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Alison Anitawaru Cole, a lawyer in Aotearoa New Zealand, talks to International IDEA's Regional Communications Officer for the Asia and the Pacific, Billie Phillips, about the unique legal and constitutional responses to climate change in New Zealand and the influence of Māori perspectives on environmentalism and representation.
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Chile’s constitution-building process

The ongoing 2023 constitution-building process in Chile, and its relationship with the failed 2021-2022 constitution-building process.

Guests

Isabel Aninat: Dean of the Law School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and member of International IDEA ́s Board of Advisors
Javier Couso: Public Law Professor, Universidad Diego Portales, and Utrecht University

Background Reading: https://constitutionnet.org/country/constitutional-history-chile