International IDEA’s Anna Dziedzic spoke to Dr Yu Jie Chen to hear her reflections on the 2024 Taiwanese elections. They discuss the implications of the new status quo – in which neither of the two major parties hold a majority of legislature seats – and the increasingly sophisticated ways that Beijing seeks to influence Taiwan’s elections.
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International IDEA’s Anna Dziedzic spoke to Dr Yu Jie Chen to hear her reflections on the 2024 Taiwanese elections. They discuss the implications of the new status quo – in which neither of the two major parties hold a majority of legislature seats – and the increasingly sophisticated ways that Beijing seeks to influence Taiwan’s elections.
El domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 se realizaron en Costa Rica los sextos comicios para elegir autoridades municipales por los próximos 4 años en los 84 municipios y 492 distritos del país, para un total de 6,212 autoridades locales que resultaron electas.
El domingo 4 de febrero de 2024 se realizaron en Costa Rica los sextos comicios para elegir autoridades municipales por los próximos 4 años en los 84 municipios y 492 distritos del país, para un total de 6,212 autoridades locales que resultaron electas.
Costa Rica celebró las Elecciones Municipales el pasado 4 de febrero, contando con la participación de la Directora Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA, Marcela Ríos Tobar.
Costa Rica held the Municipal Elections on February 4, with the participation of the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of IDEA, Marcela Ríos Tobar.
The Sitio Mata Interparty Ethical Pact for the 2024 municipal elections, prepared by 59 young people, was signed by 42 national and local political parties in Costa Rica in a ceremony held on November 18.
En este informe se presenta un análisis de la participación política de diversos grupos poblacionales identificados como grupos discriminados en América Latina: las mujeres, las personas indígenas, las personas
New Zealand maintains a robust, long-established democratic system in the South Pacific. It enjoys a reputation for integrity and is generally ranked among the world’s top countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. The outbreak of Covid-19 and the consequent first postponement of an election since World War II failed to mar that status.
This study from 2002 was one of the first to use International IDEA’s State of Democracy Assessment Framework.
The Framework is different from other methodologies because its assessments are led and owned by local actors, and move away from the practice of ranking democratic performance and making external judgements.
In recent years, the debate about lowering the voting age has intensified in many countries. Typically, young people around the world can head to the polls between 16 and 18 years of age, although some nations like Singapore and Taiwan set the age at 21 and 20, respectively.