Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
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As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
In Brazil, Internet and social media have been long used by political parties and candidates to campaign, but it was only in 2017 that organic electoral advertising on social media, social media boosting and paid promotion in web search engines were included in the list of permitted electoral campaign expenditures.
This Discussion Paper reviews the performance of 16 lobbying registers according to 3 interlinked dimensions: (a) transparency; (b) regulatory capacity; and (c) interoperability. Under ‘transparency’, the paper examines the scope of lobbying information collected by the register in question, as well as how that information is administered and subsequently disclosed.
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.
This Brief presents some findings on the Summit for Democracy process from the perspective of participating countries based on a selected number of interviews with representatives from the governments of six countries (Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Zambia) and the European Union (European External Action Service).
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
As part of the Programme “Support to the Democratic Transition in Chad”, funded by the European Union, International IDEA Chad organized a two-day national training workshop on strengthening women's leadership with a view to encouraging women to stand as candidates in the forthcom
La polarización tóxica amenaza a varias democracias en el mundo. En diversas sociedades se enfrentan extremos políticos que desconfían uno del otro y se presentan sin posibilidades de entendimiento.
As part of its efforts to support the Government of Chad in ensuring a peaceful, inclusive and democratic transition, International IDEA Chad's programme, funded by the European Union, initiated a BRIDGE
In the lead up to the constitutional referendum, as part of its series on training and awareness raising activities, International IDEA Chad is providing young people and women with tools to help ensure that the constitutional and electoral reforms process are conducted in a consensual and peaceful manner.
En el período previo al referéndum constitucional, como parte de su serie de actividades de capacitación y sensibilización, IDEA Internacional Chad está brindando a jóvenes y mujeres herramientas para ayudar a garantizar que el proceso de reformas constitucionales y electorales se lleve a cabo de manera consensuada y pacífica.
The curtains have come down on the digital campaign against hate speeches and false rumours on social media.
This case study examines several kinds of risks to electoral integrity present in Brazil and the role that the Electoral Justice plays in preventing and combating them. It addresses the risks, describing in each case the preventive policies as well as occasions on which some risks have materialized as threats. The paper also highlights some crisis management procedures in particular timely communication and proactive tools.