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Democracy Tracker

The Democracy Tracker provides event-centric, monthly information on democracy and human rights developments in 173 countries. Event reports describe a change to the status-quo of the state of democracy at the country level. They include a description of the event, indications of the specific aspects of democracy that have been impacted, the magnitude of the impact, links to original sources and keywords to enable further research. Click on the country hexagons below to read the most recent developments, or hover over to the country profiles menu at the top to access the full data and analysis of a specific country.

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Positive and Negative Events in February 2025

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Australia Arrow Australia
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Colombia Arrow Colombia
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Mauritius Arrow Mauritius
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Republic of Korea Arrow Republic of Korea
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Romania Arrow Romania
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Slovakia Arrow Slovakia
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Tajikistan Arrow Tajikistan
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Uzbekistan Arrow Uzbekistan
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Argentina Arrow Argentina
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Arrow Democratic Republic of the Congo
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El Salvador Arrow El Salvador
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Guinea-Bissau Arrow Guinea-Bissau
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Indonesia Arrow Indonesia
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Iraq Arrow Iraq
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Israel Arrow Israel
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Libya Arrow Libya
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Niger Arrow Niger
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Oman Arrow Oman
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Thailand Arrow Thailand
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United States of America Arrow United States of America
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Azerbaijan Arrow Azerbaijan

*Assessments are relative to each country and do not represent comparisons or rankings between countries.

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May 2022

Malaysia

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Critical Events To Watch in February 2025

Asia and the Pacific • Indonesia

President Prabowo Subianto appointed a currently serving general to run the state’s food procurement company on 11 February, the first time that a general has served in such a role since the military-dominated authoritarian government of Suharto of 1967-1998. Indonesian legal experts and rights activists argued the appointment violated laws that limit the appointment of military service members to government posts to a limited number of defence-related ministries. The move is part of a broader trend of relying on the military to carry out civilian government projects that has raised warnings about a “slippery slope” of return to the military-dominated government of Suharto-era Indonesia. Prabowo-allied members of parliament are also planning to introduce a bill to allow generals to be appointed to top civilian government jobs. Sources: Reuters, Jakarta Post (1), Jakarta Post (2)
Militarization
SDG16

Africa • Sudan

On 23 February, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied political and armed groups signed a charter in Nairobi aimed at establishing a parallel government in the areas of Sudan under their control. Experts warned the formation of such a government would entrench the de facto partition of Sudan between the warring parties, with administrative control currently split between the Army-led government, the RSF and other armed groups. They suggested that this in turn could further destabilise the country and worsen the conflict, which has been characterised by large-scale ethnic and gender-based violence, attacks on civilians and critical civilian infrastructure, famine and allegations of atrocity crimes, including genocide. The charter’s signatories reportedly intend to form the government ‘within weeks.’  
Gender-Based Violence
Ethnic Conflict
Armed Conflict
Genocide
SDG16
SDG5
SDG10
Famine

Americas • Colombia

On 14 February, Colombia approved its first National Care Policy aimed at enhancing the state's capacity to address the care needs of its population including through providing care to caregivers. The policy seeks to address economic inequality experienced by those who perform unpaid caregiving tasks (according to official data, 90 per cent of caregivers are women). Among its objectives, the plan aims to recognize and protect community care practices, particularly for marginalized groups, improve the quality of life for caregivers, and challenge cultural factors that perpetuate care inequality. The policy provides a framework for establishing a care system that redistributes the caregiving load across the state, civil society, and the private sector. It outlines 133 actions that the Colombian government must implement in the coming 10 years. These actions include expanding labour rights for domestic workers, providing training for caregivers, and supporting single mothers.
SDG16
SDG5
SDG10
Care economy
Women's economic empowerment

Europe • Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani government cancelled the accreditation of journalists working at four international media outlets in February: Bloomberg News, Voice of America, BBC Azerbaijan and Russia’s state media outlet Sputnik. Following a year of escalating attacks on independent Azerbaijani media, the moves leave the country essentially without accredited independent Azerbaijani or international journalists. The BBC and Sputnik, which also cover local and international news for an Azerbaijani audience, announced they had closed their offices after being ordered verbally to suspend operations. Turan News Agency, the country’s only news agency not under state control, also announced its closure on 14 February, citing a “political order” to cease operations.  Turan had operated since 1990, and the BBC Azerbaijani Service since 1994. The status of the Voice of America’s operations was unclear in February as the US-government backed agency did not return a media request for comment.   
Censorship
Media
SDG16

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Monthly Event Reports

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Africa

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Americas

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Europe

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Western Asia

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Malaysia

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The European Union Federal Ministry for Economic Coorperation and Development Robert Bosch Stiftung
The Global State of Democracy Initiative is also supported by contributions of International IDEA Member States