word | | Constitution |
| adopted | Benin | adopted by referendum 2 December 1990 |
| adopted | Bhutan | none; note - a draft constitution was unveiled in March 2005 and is expected to be adopted by the new National Assembly in 2008 |
| adopted | Bulgaria | adopted 12 July 1991 |
| adopted | Burkina Faso | 2 June 1991 approved by referendum, 11 June 1991 formally adopted; last amended January 2002 |
| adopted | Cameroon | 20 May 1972 approved by referendum, adopted 2 June 1972; revised January 1996 |
| adopted | Croatia | adopted on 22 December 1990; revised 2000, 2001 |
| adopted | Eritrea | a transitional constitution, decreed on 19 May 1993, was replaced by a new constitution adopted on 23 May 1997, but not yet implemented |
| adopted | Estonia | adopted 28 June 1992 |
| adopted | France | adopted by referendum 28 September 1958, effective 4 October 1958 note: amended concerning election of president in 1962; amended to comply with provisions of 1992 EC Maastricht Treaty, 1997 Amsterdam Treaty, 2003 ... |
| adopted | Gabon | adopted 14 March 1991 |
| adopted | Georgia | adopted 24 August 1995 |
| adopted | Ireland | adopted 1 July 1937 by plebiscite; effective 29 December 1937 |
| adopted | Kazakhstan | first post-independence constitution adopted 28 January 1993; new constitution adopted by national referendum 30 August 1995 |
| adopted | Korea, North | adopted 1948; completely revised 27 December 1972, revised again in April 1992, and September 1998 |
| adopted | Kyrgyzstan | adopted 5 May 1993; note - amendment proposed by President Askar AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of the president at the expense of ... |
| adopted | Latvia | 15 February 1922; restored to force by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Latvia adopted by the Supreme Council on 21 August 1991; multiple amendments since |
| adopted | Libya | ... Libyan government, the Revolutionary Command Council replaced the existing constitution with the Constitutional Proclamation in December 1969; in March 1977, Libya adopted the Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority |
| adopted | Lithuania | adopted 25 October 1992 |
| adopted | Macedonia | adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991; amended November 2001 by a series of new constitutional amendments strengthening minority rights and in 2005 with amendments related to the judiciary |
| adopted | Maldives | adopted 1 January 1998 |
| adopted | Mali | adopted 12 January 1992 |
| adopted | Moldova | new constitution adopted 29 July 1994, effective 27 August 1994; replaced old Soviet constitution of 1979 |
| adopted | Netherlands | adopted 1815; amended many times, most recently in 2002 |
| adopted | New Zealand | ... documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments, as well as The Constitution Act 1986, which is the principal formal charter; adopted 1 January 1987, effective 1 January 1987 |
| adopted | Niger | new constitution adopted 18 July 1999 |
| adopted | Nigeria | new constitution adopted 5 May 1999; effective 29 May 1999 |
| adopted | Panama | 11 October 1972; major reforms adopted 1978, 1983, 1994, and 2004 |
| adopted | Poland | adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997; passed by national referendum 25 May 1997; effective 17 October 1997 |
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