In response to the ongoing impact of the COVID19 pandemic, the sixth Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building in Asia and the Pacific will again be organised as a series of online Roundtables hosted by the Constitution Transformation Network and by International IDEA. The topic of this year's Forum is "Democracy, Constitutions and Dealing with the World". The 2021 Melbourne Forum will be run as two connected online Roundtables, held on Tuesday 2 November 2021 from 1-5pm (AEST) and Thursday 2 November 2021 from 1-5pm (AEST).

The forum tackles a series of current issues involving the outward-looking, or external face of democratic constitutions. It cannot cover the whole field, which is vast. It focusses instead on four themes, chosen for their immediate relevance, as a way of starting the broader conversation:

the relevance and significance of international approval of new constitutions;
constitutional procedures for entering into treaties and other international commitments;
constitutional frameworks for international investment approvals; and
international engagement with sub-national jurisdictions.