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Codes of Conduct are rules that apply to members of a constitution-making body (CMB) and prescribe their behaviour throughout the process. They are intended to protect the integrity and, by extension, the legitimacy of the constitution- making process.

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Prepared for UN Constitutionmaker

Sample Materials

This decree from the President of Fiji sets out the purposes and principles of the constitution-making process, creates the Constitution Commission, sets out its structure, functions, powers, and financing, and attaches in Schedule 1, the timeline for the constitution-making process, in Schedule 2, the Code of Conduct for members of the Constitution Commission, and in Schedule 3, their Oath of Office.  

 

Keywords: Legal Framework, Decree (sample), Constitution-making Body/Bodies, Constiutional Commisison, Timeline/Timetable, Code/Codes of Conduct (sample).  

This is an IDEA sample code of conduct for members of constitution-making bodies.

This is a comprehensive guide to constitution-making and reform. The book identifies the tasks that need to be carried out, the procedures that can be used, and who can do them. It is intended for a wide audience and to be a guide for anyone who is engaged in a constitution-making process, or who is interested in improving constitution-making practice. It includes a discussion on the following topics: Emerging guiding principles, Impacts of Adherence to Guiding Principles, The Role of a Constitution Issues of Process Key Components and Issues of the Constitution-Making Process Tasks and Responsibilities in Constitution-Making Assessing the Impact of Constitution-Making Who Does What in the Process Starting the Process Public Participation Administering and Managing the Process and its Resources The Agenda of Constitutional Issues and Generating Ideas on the Issues Debating and Deciding the Issues The Constitutional Text: Coherence and Drafting Adopting and Implementing the Constitution Institutions with Multiple Roles Institutions that Develop Proposals about which Final Decisions are Made Elsewhere Administrative Management Bodies Specialist or Technical Input Institutions Referendums and Plebiscites Civil society and the media and Guidance for the International Community.

This is a code of conduct for the team members of COPAC's Outreach Constitution Consultation Programme.

These are the rules of procedure for the Nepal Constituent Assembly (2008).

This Code of Conduct for members and staff of the Kenyan Constitutional Commission is extracted from the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, 2001.