On 6 December, Justice José Luis Vargas Valdez of the Mexican Federal Electoral Tribunal visited the headquarters of International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden.
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يعبر الفصل ٤٩ من الدستور التونسي المؤرخ في ٢٧ جانفي/يناير ٢٠١٧ عن تحول في نموذج تحديد الحقوق والحريات في تونس.
Gender equality and the political empowerment of women are key elements for the consolidation of sustainable democracies worldwide.
Global and regional organizations play an important role in the development of legal and policy frameworks, as well as in the design of effective action plans to better support the advancement of the gender equality agenda at the global, regional and national levels.
On 20–21 November, senior practitioners and experts attended a workshop in Stockholm aimed at developing a new Building Resources for Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) module on the financing and budgeting of elections.
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
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On 20 November, International IDEA Secretary-General Yves Leterme attended the launch of International IDEA’s flagship publication, The Global State of Democracy: Exploring Democracy's Resilience in Lima, Peru, as part of a series of launches aorund the world.
It is with profound sadness that International IDEA reflects on the unexpected passing of Surin Pitsuwan. We express our sincere condolences to his family.
He served as Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997–2001, and as Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), from 2008–2012. Pitsuwan held a key role in the political history of his country and his region.
On 30 November 2017, International IDEA Secretary-General Yves Leterme moderated a panel discussion at the Riksdag, the national parliament of Sweden, in Stockholm. Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Riksdag’s membership of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the panel focused on the future of cooperation between the United Nations, the IPU, and national parliaments.
30 November 2017 | BRUSSELS – Global democracy is at a crossroads and continuous actions must be taken to safeguard and protect it, according to the first edition of The Global State of Democracy publication from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), which will be presented today in the Egmont Palace in Brussels.
29 November 2017 | GENEVA – Global democracy is at a crossroads and continuous actions must be taken to safeguard and protect it, according to the first edition of The Global State of Democracy publication from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), which was launched today at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
On 28 November, International IDEA Secretary-General Yves Leterme launched International IDEA’s flagship publication, The Global State of Democracy: Exploring Democracy's Resilience, in Oslo, Norway, as part of a series of launches around the world.
Although Myanmar held successful national elections in 2015 and by-elections in 2017, municipal elections lag far behind. The city of Yangon is yet to hold fully democratic elections and the electoral legal framework has not been updated since the colonial period.
The ninth edition of the Ibero-American Conference on Electoral Justice was held in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico from November 8 to 9 2017 with the theme "New trends to ensure fairness in the electoral contest in Ibero-America".
Con el tema “Nuevas tendencias para asegurar equidad en la contienda electoral en Iberoamérica”, del 8 al 9 de noviembre de 2017 se realizó en San Miguel de Allende, México, la IX edición de la Conferencia Iberoamericana sobre Justicia Electoral.
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On Thursday 16 November 2017, the Secretary-General of International IDEA, Yves Leterme, visited The Hague, the Netherlands, to launch International IDEA´s new flagship publication, the Global State of Democracy: Exploring Democracy´s Resilience. This publication will be published on a bi-annual basis and provides a "health check" on how democracy is faring worldwide.
On 22 November 2017, the President (speaker) of the National Assembly of the Republic of Cape Verde and acting Head of State, Jorge Santos, officially opened the international workshop on “the use of new technology in electoral processes” in Praia, Cape Verde.
Los días 19 y 20 de octubre de 2017, IDEA Internacional organizó en colaboración con el Ministerio de asuntos femeninos y los derechos de la mujer en Haití, un importante foro que reunió a organizaciones de mujeres y partidos políticos para discutir posibles estrategias e intervenciones con el objetivo de promover y fortalecer el papel de las mujeres en la política del país.
On 16 November, International IDEA, in collaboration with Uppsala University, the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and student organizaiton Pax et Bellum, launched The Global State of Democracy: Exploring Democracy's Resilience publication along with the accompanying Global
Una investigación realizada por IDEA Internacional, con el apoyo de la Embajada de Suecia, ha tenido un notorio impacto en los medios masivos de comunicación del Departamento de Santa Cruz, que han dedicado varias páginas, editoriales y numerosas notas y comentarios en emisoras radiales y canales de la televisión. Y es que el estudio contiene hallazgos y análisis muy relevantes.