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Creative Commons Licence

Most of International IDEA’s publications are available with a Creative Commons (CC) licence. The licence asserts International IDEA’s copyright and indicates uses for which no permission needs to be secured, provided that the licence conditions are followed. As of May 2024, International IDEA started using the CC licence Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 instead of the previous 3.0 licence.

Under the CC licence Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0, you are free to:

Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt – remix, transform, translate and build upon the material

Under the following terms:

Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way suggest the licensor endorses you or your use.

NonCommercial – You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

ShareAlike – If you remix, transform, translate or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same licence as the original.

Please pay special attention to the following:

  • Any third party images, such as cover images, are not covered by the CCL.

  • You must keep all copyright notices intact.

  • You must adequately acknowledge the original copyright holder(s) and author(s) when distributing the work or any adaptation thereof. Copyright must be acknowledged as follows:  
    ‘Reproduced by permission of International IDEA from [insert full title of Work] © [insert year] International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.’ 

  • In the case of co-publications, you must include the name of the co-publisher as listed in the copyright page of the original publication as posted on International IDEA’s website. 

  • Any adaptation of the work must clearly identify the changes made to the original work. In addition, the following statement must be included: ‘The original work has been modified.’ 

  • Any translation of the work must respect the integrity of the original text. You must adequately acknowledge the original copyright holder(s) and author(s) when translating the work. In addition, the following statement must be included: ‘This is an unofficial translation of the original work from [language] to [language]. The accuracy of the translated text was not verified by International IDEA.’ 

  • You will ensure that your use of the work and/or the context in which the work appears is not derogatory nor will it reflect negatively on International IDEA. 

  • You may not imply any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by International IDEA, its co-publishers, or the author(s) of the work. 

N.B. All rights not expressly granted in the Creative Commons licence are reserved.

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Please notify International IDEA via email (publications@idea.int) when using publications available under the Creative Commons licence.

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