On 25 September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (the 2030 Agenda) as an outcome of the UN Sustainable Development Summit.
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, development experts, statisticians and organizations have discussed the follow-up and review mechanisms for monitoring implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
On 25 September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (the 2030 Agenda) as an outcome of the UN Sustainable Development Summit.
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, development experts, statisticians and organizations have discussed the follow-up and review mechanisms for monitoring implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
On 25 September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (the 2030 Agenda) as an outcome of the UN Sustainable Development Summit.
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, development experts, statisticians and organizations have discussed the follow-up and review mechanisms for monitoring implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out a shared vision to foster peaceful, stable and just societies. It acknowledges the central role that effective, inclusive and accountable institutions can play in enabling sustainable development.
The legal systems in West African countries are diverse.
They have their foundations in different colonial heritages and have been shaped by a variety of customary and religious norms, which affects the design of each country’s judicial system. At the same time, this region is growing together under the umbrella of the Economic Community of West African States.
This report summarizes the key findings from a workshop on the first stage of the transition from violence to politics, which potentially includes a sequence of political agreements from a peace deal to a (new) constitutional arrangement.
يحتل الدستور مكانة محورية في كل منظومة قانونية. فهو القانون الأساسي الذي تبنى عليه كل مؤسسات الدولة وقوانينها، وهو الضامن الأول لحقوق وحريات المواطنين. لذا، تعد عملية وضع دستور جديد أو عملية تعديل دستور قائم حدثاً استثنائياً وتاريخياً في حياة الشعوب. وفي المراحل الانتقالية بالذات، حيث تكون الدول حديثة الخروج من حكم دكتاتوري أو عسكري أو استعماري أو عنصري، تحظى عملية صياغة مشروع الدستور الجديد للبلاد بأهمية أكبر وبرمزية خاصة.
While the weather has been cold and dreary this New York City spring, the events organized by International IDEA’s Permanent Observer Office to the United Nations (UN) have been anything but. In March, the Observer Office, in coordination with International IDEA’s Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy (IRDD), hosted the Community of Democracies and the UN Development Programme: a day-long workshop on the margins of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women.
The Constitution of Kenya (2010) includes a strong Bill of Rights, which extensively covers political freedoms as well as socio-economic and cultural rights. In addition, the enactment of legislation, rules and procedures to operationalize the constitutional principles and to obliterate distortions and barriers to full enjoyment of these rights continues.
International IDEA through its Office to the European Union participated in the annual European Development Days (EDD), held in Brussels during the period of 15-16 June 2016.
One of the major challenges related to money in politics is the considerable lack of transparency surrounding political party and election finance.
Transitional elections are complex environments for the enforcement of campaign finance regulations. Myanmar 2015 General Elections was no exception.
The people of the United Kingdom have spoken. In many ways, and for years to come, Brexit will have a profound impact on the United Kingdom, European Union (EU) and the world.
Democracy – an interactive conference on the opportunities, limitations and future prospects of participatory democracy and active citizenship in Sweden, Europe and worldwide.
The Office of International IDEA to the European Union (EUO) facilitated a meeting of representatives of International IDEA Member States in Brussels on Tuesday, 07 June 2016 to discuss the “Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The realisation of Goal 16 of Agenda 2030”.
In collaboration with the Electoral Commissions Forum of the Southern African Development Community (ECF SADC) countries, International IDEA is organizing the fourth edition of the New Commissioners Orientation in Harare on 22-24 June. Conducted in English, the orientation will gather new election commissioners and senior staff from five SADC countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe for a formal training in electoral management.
What are women and youth commissions? What purpose do they serve? How are they formed? Do they further marginalize women and youth or bring them into the folds of decision-making?
International IDEA and Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) have launched a new module to promote interparty dialogue.
he Office of International IDEA to the European Union organized a Roundtable on, “The Inter-generational Dialogue for Democracy”, which took place at the Mission of Canada to the EU in Brussels on Tuesday, 31 May 2016.
International IDEA film investigates social media’s role in political finance and voter participation
