On September 19, 2025, the University of Alberta hosted the Unwritten Constitutionalism Symposium, a one-day event that placed Canada’s unwritten Constitution at the centre of discussion. The symposium was co-presented by the University of Ottawa Public Law Centre, the Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta, the Barton Chair at Carleton University and the Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Project.

We are delighted that Vanessa MacDonnell, Associate Professor at uOttawa Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre, will be giving a talk at Durham's Human Rights and Public Law Centre on 9th October.

On Monday 2nd June, the UCNP project, in collaboration with the UK Parliament’s Public Administration and Constitution Hub and UCL's Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, held a workshop exploring the role of politicians and key parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism. This event, hosted in Westminster, featured panellists from UCL, Durham University, the Institute for Government, uOttawa, and Parliament itself.

On May 15, Diego Platz Pereira, member of our Germany research team, gave a lecture in Portuguese on ‘Unwritten Constitutional Law: An Introduction to the Contemporary Debate’ at the Federal University of São Paulo.

Dr Seána Glennon, of the UCNP project's Canada team, on liberal democracy.

The UCNP team rounded off 2024 with a workshop at HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin, focused on German perspectives on unwritten constitutionalism. Topics under discussion included the place of the 'unwritten' in German law; constitutional architecture in Canada; novel citizen innovations; legal populism; and the political dimensions of unwritten principles. 

Professor Stephen Tierney, a member of the UCNP Project's UK Research Team, has been appointed Honorary King's Counsel by His Majesty The King.

Milan Matev was appointed as an Undergraduate Research Intern in Durham Law School, and has prepared a report on the UK Government's approach to the rule of law in the context of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.

The UCNP project's research is presented in Madrid.

The UCNP Project has published its first blogpost symposia, with pieces available on the UKCLA Blog, Verfassungsblog and the uOttawa Public Law Centre Blog.