International IDEA’s Annual Review of Constitution-Building series provides a retrospective account of constitutional transitions around the world, the issues that drive them, and their implications for national and international politics.
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On the International Day of Democracy, 15 September 2022, the Office of International IDEA in Washington, D.C. was inaugurated by International IDEA’s Secretary-General Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora.
El próximo 2 de octubre más de 156 millones de brasileñas y brasileños podrán acudir a las urnas para elegir el presidente de la República, gobernadores, senadores y diputados federales y estatales.
Em 2 de outubro, mais de 156 milhões de brasileiros irão às urnas para eleger o presidente da República, governadores, senadores e deputados (federais e estaduais).
En un reciente libro sobre el impacto de las redes sociales en la democracia, Pablo Barberá sintetiza así la evidencia existente respecto a la polarización política entre los ciudadanos:
El reciente aplazamiento de los comicios locales en Karachi (Pakistán), debido a un fenómeno meteorológico extremo (Khan, 2022) es un ejemplo del impacto que pueden tener los peligros naturales en los procesos electorales. Hasta la fecha, las inundaciones han dejado a un tercio del país cubiertas de agua, han destruido infraestructuras esenciales y han cobrado más de 1.000 víctimas mortales.
El jueves 22 y viernes 23 de septiembre, expertos se reunirán en Nueva York para analizar la realidad de la región, en el contexto global. El encuentro se organiza junto a IDEA Internacional, con el apoyo de la Universidad de Fordham
Periodistas de Cusco, Arequipa, Iquitos, Trujillo y Lima fortalecen sus conocimientos sobre el rol de las organizaciones electorales y se preparan para luchar contra la desinformación en los comicios de Perú.
Parliaments have an important and potentially transformative role to play in creating societies in which the human rights of everyone in the country are respected.
International IDEA is saddened by the passing of Professor Dr Azyumardi Azra on 18 September 2022, at the age of 67.
We wish to convey our deepest sympathies to Dr Azra's family and loved ones. Professor Azra served as a member of International IDEA's Board of Advisors from 2007 until 2013.
The participants of the third annual Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue explored comparative constitutional design approaches to legal pluralism and reconciling tensions between customary/religious systems and guarantees of gender equality and non-discrimination.
En el marco del día internacional de la democracia, podemos establecer un balance de los avances y desafíos del Paraguay tras más de tres décadas de régimen democrático.
Emerging from the most chronic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, countries in Asia and the Pacific region are facing challenges as governing systems in the region grapple with the stressors associated with the pandemic.
On 18 June 2021, the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution which calls upon the Myanmar armed forces “to respect the will of the people as freely expressed by the results of the general election of 8 November 2020, to end the state of emergency, to respect all human rights of all the people of Myanmar and to allow the sustained democratic transition of Myanmar, including the opening of the democratically elected pa
International IDEA hosted a panel discussion on the state of Sweden’s democracy on 7 September 2022, ahead of the International Day of Democracy and Sweden’s general elections on 11 September 2022. The panellists were Anders L.
Paraguay has been making continuous efforts to consolidate its democratic institutions since the instauration of the regime in 1989. An ample political consensus allowed for the drafting and adoption of a democratic Constitution in 1992, which ushered in a period of legal reforms to complete the Republic’s new regulatory framework. One such key element is the Electoral Code of 1996.
The women’s training programme, led by the national electoral management body in cooperation with International IDEA, earned an Honorable Mention in the Gender Equality category in the first edition of the Global Network on Electoral Justice Awards for meeting the main criterion of contributing to a concrete and measurable increase in gender parity in public life.
The European Union and its Member States are the biggest providers of democracy support worldwide. Advancing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the objectives of the EU´s external action, as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on the European Union.
Los resultados son claros. La opción rechazo triunfó con casi el 62% de los votos válidamente emitidos. Esto, además, con una participación electoral histórica en las últimas décadas, que ahora con voto obligatorio, llegó casi al 86%. Por supuesto, los datos aún son iniciales, pero ya nos entregan ciertas luces.
The theme for the 2021 Edinburgh Dialogue was ‘The Changing International Order and Its Impact on Constitution Building Support’. This Dialogue sought to contribute new thinking on the constitutional implications likely to be triggered by changes to both the international order and the nature of conflict in the past decade, in particular given their impact on the peacebuilding field, which attempts to revise the underlying political settlement.