States of Emergency - Centre for Policy Alternatives

certain commitments, and then acting on them. The commitments
are with regard to positing human rights and the rule of law as
non‐negotiable values, and the constitutional reform debate in
respect of states of emergency needs to be conducted from this
standpoint.
If we make a commitment to go down this happier path, there is a
vast array of options and ideas that are available to us to learn
from and adapt to our own conditions. The comparative
experiences of other countries as well as international law and
standards, discussed at length in this book, are sources of
constitutional ideas from which we can beneLit greatly, if only we
are open to them.
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