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dataset · May 2026
Emergency-powers statutes: a comparative database
Tariq Saleh، Hanan Al-Mansouri، Lina Karam
This Dataset catalogues the codified emergency-powers frameworks of 24 jurisdictions across five regions, with structured tagging across the five procedural features identified in the Institute's companion comparative Report. The Dataset is intended for use by researchers, practitioners, and legislators; it supports both the structured framework for assessing legislative proposals and broader cross-jurisdictional research on emergency-regime design.
Read →policy paper · May 2026
Public reasoning and democratic legitimacy
Hanan Al-Mansouri، Sara Habib
Democratic decisions are legitimate not only because of who makes them but because of how the reasoning is conducted, recorded, and made available to scrutiny. This Policy Paper examines the procedural architecture of public reasoning in policymaking and proposes standards for the documentation and disclosure of policy reasoning.
Read →policy paper · May 2026
Institutional design for accountability mechanisms
Yusuf Shaheen، Hanan Al-Mansouri
Accountability mechanisms designed to address past harms must also survive long enough to do their work. This Policy Paper examines the institutional features that condition that survival — independence guarantees, funding architecture, sunset and renewal provisions — and offers a structured framework for assessing accountability-mechanism design.
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