Between December 7th and 9th, 2023, International IDEA’s Tunis Office collaborated with the non-profit organization "The Model African Union" to organize a Model African Union event in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brought together 28 students from Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a thematic focus on climate change and migration.
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Argentina continúa sorprendiendo políticamente. Javier Milei, un economista con ideología liberal libertario y anarco-capitalista, candidato del movimiento de extrema derecha La Libertad Avanza (LLA), ha generado un terremoto político con su clara victoria en el balotaje del pasado domingo.
El próximo 19 de noviembre, los argentinos elegirán presidente entre Sergio Massa y Javier Milei, quienes proponen dos modelos de país absolutamente opuestos. Los candidatos llegan a la recta final cabeza a cabeza, y la definición todavía es incierta y cambiante.
La primera vuelta presidencial del domingo 22 de octubre además de lo sorpresivo de su resultado no logró definir un ganador para la presidencia, obligando a ir a un balotaje el 19 de noviembre. Aunque no es habitual en nuestro país recurrir a una segunda vuelta para elegir al presidente, tampoco es algo novedoso.
Durante los últimos 6 meses el clima político argentino ha cambiado notoriamente. El ascenso de un nuevo espacio político que obtuvo la victoria en las elecciones primarias de agosto, mantiene en un suspenso de película a la sociedad argentina.
La Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Argentina, reconoció al especialista en Derecho y director de IDEA Internacional en la Oficina Regional de América Latina y el Caribe, Daniel Zovatto, por su destacados aportes jurídicos y científicos en la promoción y la defensa de la democracia.
On the 18th and 19th of March 2023, International IDEA's Tunis Office, organized a Moot Court Competition on the limitation clause of rights and freedoms in the Tunisian constitution and the principle of proportionality.
Since 2014, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance has been working with Tunisian institutions and civil society to promote the implementation of proportionality in the country.
Here are five events and trends from the last year that capture the most important developments in democracy and human rights across the continent.
On July 25, exactly one year after Tunisia’s maverick President Kais Saied sacked the prime minister, dissolved the parliament, suspended the much-celebrated 2014 constitution and started to rule by decree, Tunisians voted to approve a draft constitution proposed by him that critics warn will
International IDEA has made women's participation one of its main axes in improving the inclusiveness of electoral processes in the Arab region.
International IDEA works to reduce the gap between women's rights as affirmed in the legal texts in the different Arab countries and the low rates of women in decision-making positions.
On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were put under house arrest, reportedly amid fears of a coup d’état. This was the latest in the string of successful and attempted coups in Africa—from Mali to M
International IDEA recognises that Tunisia has made great progress towards establishing itself as a legitimate member of the international community of democratic nations since 2011. The respect for the Constitution and the rule of law are key democratic principles that all democratic nations must adhere to.
In view of ongoing and recent contestations between the president and prime minister, and president and legislature in Tunisia and in Sri Lanka, International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Programme organised a webinar on the ‘Value and Perils of Semi-Presidentialism in Transitional Contexts’ on 2 August 2021.
International IDEA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, held a virtual training session for young Tunisian diplomats on 8 June 2021. The training session was part of the Democracy for Diplomats training that the Institute has developed for its Members States.
ADDIS ABABA— African countries are still far from achieving women's equal and effective participation in political decision-making. Women constitute only 24 per cent of the 12,113 parliamentarians in Africa, 25 per cent in the lower houses and 20 per cent in the upper houses of parliaments, according to the first Women's Political Participation: Africa Barometer 2021 published today.
Under the project “Working for a new era in protection of fundamental rights in Tunisia”, International IDEA organized a Moot Court Competition that centered around Article 49 of the Tunisian Constitution. This activity was the first of its kind, bringing together law faculties, students and leading practitioners from across the country to engage on cutting edge legal issues, including the application of the principle of proportionality.
ADDIS ABABA - The COVID-19 pandemic has regressed key aspects of democracy in Africa and the Middle East, including the disruption of electoral processes, restrictions on civil liberties like freedom of expression, and increasing persecution of opposition leaders and parties. The pandemic has hit the region at a time in which the significant advances of democracy in the last decades were coming to a halt.
Regional cooperation to promote women’s political participation through mainstreaming policies and identifying standards and good practices