Regan, Anthony J.LeRoy, Katy2024-06-182024-06-182209-9549https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733713261On 6 May 2024, the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) released the first draft of its proposed independence constitution. The ABG is a highly autonomous sub-national government in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with strong aspirations for Bougainville (population about 350,000) to soon become the first independent country since South Sudan in 2011. This two-part In Brief analyses the political and constitutional context, Bougainville’s prior constitutionmaking history, the current constitution-making process (Part One), and key features of the content of the draft (Part Two).Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeapplication/pdfen-AUAuthors retain copyrightBougainvilleIndependenceConstitution2024-06-1810.25911/QHVE-8680