Owen Gaffney talks to International IDEA's Head of Communications, Alistair Scrutton about climate change, sustainability and the future of our planet, joining a lot of dotted lines between politics, technology and science.
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En la política latinoamericana, la elección presidencial permanece como el momento cumbre para la ciudadanía, los partidos, los medios, así como en el interés internacional.
As Turkey grapples with the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes, questions have arisen about whether the 2023 general and presidential elections will be postponed or held under a state of emergency. According to International IDEA’s Democracy Tracker, Turkey’s democratic performance has been consistently declining over the past two decades.
La democracia en América Latina vive “tiempos nublados” y está bajo fuerte asedio. El 2023 ha tenido un inicio turbulento. Los graves disturbios en Brasil, el pasado 8 de enero; la profunda crisis que atraviesa actualmente el Perú; y la descontrolada situación de violencia –al borde de la anarquía– que afecta a Haití (cada vez más cerca de convertirse en un Estado fallido) son tres fuertes campanazos de alerta que nos advierten acerca del complejo momento político que vive la región.
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes terms and conditions concerning their strategic partnership in strengthening continental capacities for democratic governance, effective electoral processes, political participation, conflict prevention, mediation and peacebuilding in collaboration with African Union Member States.
El pasado 7 de febrero de 2023 marcó el trigésimo séptimo aniversario del fin de la dictadura de los Duvalier en Haití. En la madrugada de aquella noche memorable, después de sendas movilizaciones populares, Jean Claude Duvalier huyó para poner fin a cerca de tres décadas de un régimen autocrático familiar, durante las cuales, él y su padre, condujeron brutalmente el país.
A few weeks away from the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in a stark warning that the clock is the “closest it has ever stood to humanity’s darkest hour”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual 2023 speech to the UN General A
Las elecciones seccionales del pasado 5 de febrero en Ecuador confirman algo de lo cual muchos analistas ya venían hablando desde hace meses: la debilidad del gobierno de Guillermo Lasso. A pesar de que no todos los resultados que se dieron fueron los esperados, el panorama general después de las elecciones es el de un ejecutivo sumamente frágil, que deberá enfrentar importantes dificultades en términos de gobernabilidad en lo que resta de su período.
On 5–6 December 2022, International IDEA gathered 30 leading experts on democracy, anti-corruption and human rights at the inaugural Democracy in Asia and the Pacific Outlook Forum. Representing 23 institutions and organizations from 12 countries, attendees discussed key trends in democracy in the Asia and the Pacific region over the course of seven topical sessions.
El próximo domingo 5 de febrero tendremos un nuevo proceso electoral en Ecuador.
Some observations from updating the Voter Turnout Database in 2022.
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes terms and conditions concerning their strategic partnership in strengthening continental capacities for democratic governance, effective electoral processes, political participation, conflict prevention, mediation and peacebuilding in collaboration with African Union Member States.
International IDEA believes that diversity can strengthen democracy and peaceful cohesion if values of inclusion and the right for equal participation for all citizens are protected. Without safeguarding these values, a diverse country like Sudan may find itself in a very risky situation that can lead to never ending violent conflicts.
In a bid to deepen relationships across the Asia-Pacific region, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance’s (International IDEA) Secretary-General Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora met with multiple political, electoral and stakeholder groups in Australia and India during his October 2022 mission to the regional headquarters in Canberra.
As global democracy faces headwinds, EU should lead in new geopolitical reality
The European Union has traditionally been one of the world’s staunchest advocates of democracy but major changes have affected the global democracy landscape in recent years. With the support of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, International IDEA led an analysis of the EU’s external democracy policy during 2022 to inform the EU discussion on democracy during Sweden’s 2023 Presidency of the Council of the EU.
This Policy Brief provides a snapshot of the full Recommendations Report: The EU’s External Democracy Policy in a New Geopolitical Reality. Its purpose is to inspire future EU democracy policy to ensure it can defend democracy globally and at home in line with the EU’s declared intention to become a stronger geopolitical player.
The state of democracy in the Latin America and the Caribbean region is clouded by the global geopolitical context affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a hard-hitting recession and the commercial tensions between China and the USA.