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‘Leave no one behind’ (LNOB) is the central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, SDG 5—‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’—is an intrinsic enabler for sustainable development and representative democracy for each country and the world at large.

While the impact of the pandemic restrictions still affected the organization of international summits in person, the High-Level General Debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76), held from 21st of September to the 27th, 2021 focused on “‘Building resilience through hope – to recover from Covid-19, rebuild sustainably, respon

The root causes of conflict and violence, such as injustice, inequalities and decline in the quality of democracies, rarely emerge and remain within the national borders of a single country: they increasingly spill over into surrounding regions, compelling a regional response.

The background to this brief is the context of the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, and the declaration of a state of emergency by the military, which has effectively set aside the 2008 Constitution and the elections held under it. The coup has been rejected by the international community as illegitimate and has generated a strong civil disobedience and protest movement, and those elected in November 2020 have formed interim institutions aiming to move towards a democratic order.

El secretario general de IDEA Internacional, Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora, participó en un debate de CO.OP LAB titulado “Amenazas crecientes a la democracia y los derechos humanos”, organizado por la Dirección de Cooperación para el Desarrollo de la OCDE el 14 de septiembre de 2021.

El presente informe sobre las condiciones del proceso electoral y la situación general de los derechos humanos “Nicaragua: Elecciones 2021: Un plan doloso para acabar con la democracia” es el octavo informe desarrollado por el observatorio ciudadano electoral Urnas Abiertas desde el 10 de mayo de 2021 y el primero de una serie de dos informes que serán publicados en colaboración con IDEA Internacional.

Las elecciones en Nicaragua son una farsa y deben ser suspendidas. Carecen de toda legitimidad debido a violaciones flagrantes a la integridad electoral, a los derechos humanos, al estado de derecho y al debido proceso, dice informe.

The Secretary-General of International IDEA, Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, participated in a CO.OP LAB discussion entitled “Rising Threats to Democracy and Human Rights”, organized by OECD Development Co-operation Directorate on 14 September 2021.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is deeply concerned about the military coup as well as the arrests of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other political representatives. We strongly urge the security forces to immediately release the Prime Minister and all detained staff and political leaders, and appeal to all parties to refrain from violence and re-commit to the constitutional charter.

As a build-up to the Annual National Forum on Women in Politics to be held on 27 October 2021, International IDEA’s Asia and the Pacific Regional Programme organized a webinar entitled “Challenges faced by Women in the Path of Politics”. This topic is relevant considering Fiji will go to polls some time in the second half of next year.

Cuando los riesgos se materializan y existen vulnerabilidades, se producen crisis. La preparación es lo que distingue a quienes se ven abrumados por el giro de los acontecimientos de quienes pueden prevenir, resistir y resolver eficazmente situaciones difíciles.

Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU Mujeres) y el Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y la Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional) realizaron los días 19 y 20 de octubre el seminario regional de alto

Climate change poses an existential threat for humanity and has become the defining issue of our time. The outcome of the climate crisis will depend on whether democracies can drastically reduce their carbon footprints in the coming years. Climate change already has an impact on democratic governance through its effects on food security, conflicts, water scarcity. migration and natural disasters, among other consequences.

This Discussion Paper was drafted for an International IDEA webinar on Taming the Incumbency Advantage (25 May 2021), the first of a series on innovative constitutional design options. It has been revised and updated to reflect contributions from webinar participants: Professor Juvence F. Ramasy (Madagascar), Professor Ridwanul Hoque (Bangladesh) and Professor Gabriel Negretto (Latin America), among others.

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.

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. 

Regulations concerning the funding of political parties and election campaigns, commonly known as political finance, play a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of political processes and institutions in any democracy.

Fiji, being a transitional democracy with fragile institutional and regulatory mechanisms, is susceptible to the negative effects of money in politics. Yet for a very long time, regulations related to the funding of political parties, candidates and election campaigns, commonly known as political finance, were largely absent in the South Pacific country.

Como parte de una serie de eventos titulada Conversaciones sobre opciones innovadoras de diseño constitucional, el Programa de construcción de constituciones de IDEA Internacional organizó un panel de expertos para debatir sobre "Instituciones constitucionales para un medio ambiente más seguro" el 16 de septiembre de 2021.