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September 16, 2024
In a landmark ruling on 29 August 2024, the Constitutional Court of Korea declared parts of the Carbon Neutrality Act unconstitutional, marking a significant development in global climate litigation. The Court ruled that the Act failed to set greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets beyond 2030, effectively passing the burden of climate action to future generations. This decision is groundbreaking as it is the first time climate change has been recognised as a constitutional rights issue in the Republic of Korea, and the rights of future generations have been explicitly acknowledged.
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June 13, 2024
Natural resources feature prominently in many political and economic settlement processes after conflict. When these processes include constitutional reform, it may be expected that mechanisms for natural resource governance would be included in the new constitutional framework, but often this is not the case.
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March 26, 2024
As Africa navigates this super year of elections, election and information integrity and voting rights will come under pressure due to the zero-sum nature of Africa's politics.
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March 26, 2024
Mientras África navega por este súper año de elecciones, la integridad electoral y de la información y los derechos de voto se verán presionados debido a la naturaleza de suma cero de la política africana.
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February 29, 2024
The third Summit for Democracy will take place from 18 to 20 March 2024 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. International IDEA is contributing to the third Summit through its role as a Platform for Engagement with Civil Society, as an organizer of Summit activities, and as co-coordinator of the Global Democracy Coalition and the Partners for Democracy Day.
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January 08, 2024
Join a Q&A meeting on Day 2 of the Summit on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, at 2 pm CET/8 am EST.
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August 24, 2023
This case study of Timor-Leste (part of the Protecting Elections project) highlights how the institutional capacity of an electoral management body (EMB) to handle risks, challenges and crises can flow from the availability of skilled and experienced staff—rather than just from formal risk management processes.
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April 18, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on countries and states as to whether to hold or postpone scheduled elections, amid controversies in either case.
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