On 30 June, an expert meeting was held in The Hague on the topic ‘Yemeni Transition from Autocracy: Could it have succeeded?’. The meeting brought together key national stakeholders from various sectors, including the former Rapporteur of the Yemeni Constitution Drafting Committee.
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In line with its continuing support of knowledge creation and its widespread dissemination among the Bhutanese people through capacity development of key democratic organisations, International IDEA supported the training of three officials who are team of programmers from the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).
Why does organized crime relate to the work of democracy support in fragile affected contexts? How can organized crime affect post-conflict recovery and reconstruction? In particular, how can it be a challenge to state building?
Why does organized crime relate to the work of democracy support in fragile affected contexts? How can organized crime affect post-conflict recovery and reconstruction? In particular, how can it be a challenge to state building?
In line with its continuing support of knowledge creation and its widespread dissemination among the Bhutanese people through capacity development of key democratic organisations, International IDEA supported the training of three officials who are team of programmers from the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).
A presidential veto is a constitutional rule that enables a president (or elected head of state who might, in some cases, go by another title) to refuse assent to a bill that has been passed by the legislature, and thereby to stop the bill from becoming law. The grounds on which the veto power may be exercised and the difficulty of overturning the veto vary between jurisdictions.
El próximo 25 de octubre, Argentina celebrará elecciones presidenciales y legislativas de las que saldrá el sucesor de la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) y una reconfiguración del Congreso. Faltan cuatro meses para esta cita en las urnas y durante ese lapso muchas cosas pueden ocurrir.
El próximo 25 de octubre, Argentina celebrará elecciones presidenciales y legislativas de las que saldrá el sucesor de la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) y una reconfiguración del Congreso. Faltan cuatro meses para esta cita en las urnas y durante ese lapso muchas cosas pueden ocurrir.
On October 25, Argentina will hold presidential and legislative elections that will determine the successor to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and a reconfiguration of the Congress. Four months remain before the vote; during this time many things can happen.
Ahead of the national elections this fall the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISS) and the UNDP in Kyrgyzstan have launched a project whereby International IDEA’s Electoral Risk Management tool will be utilized to build the capacity of national stakeholders to organize peaceful and credible elections.
In June, International IDEA provided training for staff UNDP and the NISS, a government formed think-tank conducting research for the prime minister’s office.
IDEA Internacional y el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones de Perú, organizan conjuntamente la VII Conferencia Iberoamericana sobre Justicia Electoral: "justicia, integridad y calidad de la democracia", que se realizará entre los días 1 y 4 de julio en Cusco, Perú.
International IDEA and the National Board of Elections of Peru are jointly organizing the Seventh Ibero-American Conference on Electoral Justice: “justice, integrity and quality of democracy”, which will be held between July 1-4 in Cuzco, Peru.
Starting today about 22 commissioners and senior staff from the Malawi Electoral Commission will meet in Lilongwe for a five day BRIDGE workshop focusing on electoral technology and strategic and financial planning.
The workshop is organised by International IDEA partnering with the AU Department of Political Affairs and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and is an integral part of the AU DPA’s post-election follow-up programme in Malawi.
A significant amount of attention, media articles and opinions in the recent years have been dedicated to two interrelated phenomena in politics. First, there is an increasing tide of citizen-led protests around the world, especially since 2010. From Occupy and `indignados` movements to the anti-government protests in the streets of Istanbul or Ouagadougou, people are increasingly expressing and taking their political interests to the streets.
Starting today about 22 commissioners and senior staff from the Malawi Electoral Commission will meet in Lilongwe for a five day BRIDGE workshop focusing on electoral technology and strategic and financial planning.
The workshop is organised by International IDEA partnering with the AU Department of Political Affairs and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and is an integral part of the AU DPA’s post-election follow-up programme in Malawi.
Wrapping up a two-day ASEAN workshop on election observation held in Manila, the Philippines Commission on Elections released a statement highlighting the importance for countries in the region to use independent third-party observers as a way to assure the credibility of elections and to share experiences of election observation. “Election observation missions do not just offer insight into politics after all,” said COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista.
On June 23, the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) organized a workshop in Abuja to evaluate the impact of the Electoral Risk Management Tool during the recent general elections. For over a year now, INEC has been implementing the ERMTool with technical and advisory support from International IDEA and the African Union.
“Myanmar is the only country where International IDEA operates in two offices, in two different cities. They are located 400km from each other: one is in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, and the other one in the nation’s new capital Nay Pyi Taw, at the Union Election Commission (UEC) building.
Our team has grown to 13 staff members (and counting), of which four are permanently based in Nay Pyi Taw. Our team includes a variety of experts, who share their technical expertise.
“Brazil’s actions to tackle political campaign financing reform, including the proposal to ban donations by private companies, are important in that they bring to the light the importance of a robust system of political finance regulation.”
These remarks were made by International IDEA’s Secretary-General, Mr Yves Leterme, as he delivered the keynote address at the International Seminar on Electoral Financing and Democracy in Brazil, held on 11-12 June.
Constitution-building processes in post-conflict settings are exceedingly difficult undertakings.
Actors that have previously engaged in violent confrontation become responsible for the (re)framing and (re)building of the post-conflict state. Interim constitutions represent a form of ‘political settlement’ that seeks to dis-incentivise armed conflict as a means of pursuing political goals.