Google launches archive of world's constitutionsSeptember 24, 2013 - 10:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Internet giant Google launched an archive of the world's constitutions Monday, Sept 23, in a new online initiative designed to help countries emerging from conflicts or political crises, according to AFP. Launching the new site --- www.constituteproject.org --- in New York, Google officials said the aim was to help people drafting constitutions to see what other countries have done in the past. "We wanted to take the physical constitutions and we wanted to have them organized online, make them universally available online and make them useful for all the different governments going through a constitutional process," Google Ideas director Jared Cohen said. "These constitutions and government documents represent an important opportunity for these countries," he added. They formulated the idea for the site in 2008 after observing constitutional reform in Iraq and Afghanistan and realizing that there was no central resource detailing basic constitutional provisions. "A common result ... is a haphazard and accidental cobbling together of constitutional elements from other countries," the CCP said. Cohen said between five and seven constitutions were drafted each year in different parts of the world. Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki, who was present at the launch, said the new site would be vital for countries such as his own which is struggling to agree on a constitution and electoral law following a 2011 revolution. "I'm very fascinated by this project and I think it will be extremely useful," he said. The site allows users to search for different constitutions by country or by year, and is subdivided into themes such as citizenship, foreign policy or judicial autonomy and power. "Our aim is to arm drafters with a better tool for constitution design and writing," Google Ideas project manager Sara Sinclair Brody said in a blog post. "We also hope citizens will use Constitute to learn more about their own constitutions, and those of countries around the world." Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |