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2023

"From America extended in its hells", mural painted by Jorge González Camarena in 1965. Image Credit: WikiMedia
23
2022
Supporting democracy worldwide
NEW: DEMOCRACY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
What does climate change mean for democracy? How can democracies mitigate and adapt to climate change, and ensure a just transition?
See our special report on The Impact of Natural Hazards on Elections.
International IDEA's Global State of Democracy 2022 shows that the quality of democracy is declining in half of democracies around the world while the number of countries with the most severe form of democratic erosion--what we call backsliding--is at its peak.
"From America extended in its hells", mural painted by Jorge González Camarena in 1965. Image Credit: WikiMedia
3 May 2022
Summit for Democracy and Year of Action 2022
The Summit for Democracy is a strategic opportunity to place democracy at the front and center of the global agenda. View our latest tool, the Summit for Democracy Commitment Dashboard to view country committment details.
The war in Ukraine underscores even more the need for democracies to stand united in the face of authoritarian threats. International IDEA has therefore developed a strategic engagement programme around the Summits for Democracy in 2021 and 2022.
Learn more:
We work with democracy practitioners
and institutions spanning the globe