Season's Greetings from International IDEA and warm wishes for 2022!
Season's Greetings from International IDEA and warm wishes for 2022!
CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ—Más de la mitad de los países de América Latina y el Caribe están mostrando señales de erosión democrática y en algunos casos se ven procesos de retroceso democrático y aviesos ataques a las instituciones, asegura el más reciente informe de IDEA Internacional.
En su discurso de apertura de la Cumbre por la Democracia, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, citó los hallazgos alarmantes del Informe Global State of Democracy 2021 de IDEA Internacional, sobre el declive democrático.
In his Opening Speech to the Summit for Democracy, U.S. President Joe Biden cited International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy 2021 Report’s alarming findings on democratic decline.
On 6 August 2021 International IDEA, in partnership with the Law Faculty of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Corporación Humanas and Comunidad Mujer, held a virtual seminar on gender and rules of procedure in constituent processes.
Indigenous peoples in Chile have suffered dispossession and discrimination by colonizing forces, like many Indigenous peoples globally, and did not have a fair say in the development of successive constitutions establishing new political systems on their land.
A Global Democracy Coalition of more than 40 democracy organisations and 200 activists, academics, think tanks, media organizations, students, politicians, philanthropic organizations and democracy assistance providers from around the world will gather in a virtual Forum for 24 hours on Tuesday, 7 December. This comes ahead of the U.S.
In 2015 the United Nations member states adopted the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030, including SDG 16, on peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
Against a background of deteriorating informational environments, falling trust in state institutions and growing electoral result disputation, electoral processes and those who administer them are increasingly being placed under the microscope.
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and International IDEA urged U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss press freedom and freedom of expression in the Summit for Democracy to be held virtually this week among leaders of 110 countries.
December 1, 2021
La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) e IDEA Internacional exhortaron al presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, a que incluya la discusión sobre las libertades de prensa y expresión en la Cumbre por la Democracia que se celebrará esta semana en forma virtual entre líderes de 110 países.
Member States of International IDEA commit to strengthen democratic governance in a statement for the Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden
El 1 de diciembre de 2021, el Consejo de Estados Miembros de IDEA Internacional (presidido por Australia) aprobó por unanimidad la solicitud de membresía de la República de Estonia. Estonia se une a la organización como su 34º Estado miembro.
As part of the webinar series entitled Conversations on Innovative Constitutional Design Options, International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Programme hosted on 25 November 2021 an expert panel to discuss the role of Constitutional Media Commissions and their role in enabling media freedom, ensuring balanced media coverage, and addressing contemporary challenges of dis/misinformation, with case-studies from Armenia, Ghana, Poland and Tunisia.
On 1 December 2021, International IDEA’s Council of Member States appointed five new Members to the Institute’s Board of Advisers for three-year terms from January 2022 to December 2024.
On 1 December 2021, International IDEA’s Council of Member States (chaired by Australia) unanimously approved the membership request from the Republic of Estonia. Estonia joins the organization as its 34th Member State.
El 1 de diciembre de 2021, el Consejo de Estados Miembros de IDEA Internacional nombró a cinco nuevos miembros para la Junta de Asesores del Instituto por períodos de tres años desde enero de 2022 hasta diciembre de 2024.
The 2021 Summit for Democracy is a unique opportunity to remind us that democracy is “government of the people, by the people, for the people”.
Elections are the cornerstone of democratic political processes, serving as a mechanism for political parties or candidates to compete for public office under equal conditions before the electorate. For an election to be credible, the competition must be fair, requiring impartial management of the process. As described in International IDEA’s Handbook on Electoral Management Design (Catt et al.