nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/98c24ce469413394 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240201s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/98c24ce469413394 doi eng 342 23 Deng, Mark Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-6810-6221 The Limits of Public Participation - Why South Sudan’s People-Driven Constitution-Making Needs a More Realistic Approach Deng, Mark Verfassungsblog 2024-02-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In this piece, I critique the proposed people-driven constitution-making process in South Sudan, identifying some challenges that may hinder meaningful participation by the people. One is mass illiteracy: over 70% of the population is illiterate. This can impact the people’s capacity to meaningfully engage with some of the complex issues that may arise from the process. Another factor is that involving the people could exacerbate existing ethnic tensions in the country, as constitution-making is inherently divisive. My suggestion is to entrust the process to experts with oversight by parliament. CC BY-SA 4.0 South Sudan Sudan (Süd) constitution making popular constitution making (DE-588)4058462-8 gnd Sudan (Süd) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-limits-of-public-participation/ raw object