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Dear Summit for Democracy Friends, With the third Summit for Democracy scheduled for March 2024, we’ve revamped our Summit for Democracy Resource Portal! Find News, Events, Publications, Commitments, Cohort Information, and more here. See below for the latest S4D news and do not hesitate to reach out if you have any ideas or feedback at … Continued
Laura Thornton and David Salvo consider the broader implications of Poland’s election results for illiberal forces in Europe and globally, as it may present an important opportunity to reverse the course on the regional trend of choosing leaders that embrace anti-democratic values and anti-Ukraine rhetoric as we move towards key elections taking place in 2024, … Continued
Ari Shaw notes the lack of meaningful discussion during the Summit for Democracy about how democratic backslide has been accompanied by an increase in attacks on LGBTQIA+ people and the strategic use of anti-LGBT rhetoric by authoritarian forces. Mr Shaw and his colleagues with the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law published a study … Continued
Rafael Jimenez Aybar considers the importance of inclusive and equitable responses to climate change in helping to restore lost faith in democracy, as many perceive that it does not sufficiently deliver for the common good. Mr Aybar points to the growing gaps between global ambition and implementation in addressing climate change, and moreover the gap … Continued
Katie LaRoque makes recommendations to build on the momentum of the previous two Summits for Democracy rooted in the findings of Freedom House’s most recent edition of Freedom in the World, which found that global freedom declined for the 17th year in a row. Four key recommendations are made: To establish a secretariat or steering … Continued
On 20 September 2023, Canada and the Netherlands launched the Global Declaration on Information Integrity Online, which was endorsed by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay … Continued
Irakli Sirbiladze and Elena Ventura consider the EU’s approach in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and make recommendations, grounding their observations in political and practical considerations regarding the changed landscape with Russia’s war in Ukraine and the EU’s recent decision to respond positively to Moldova, Ukraine, and—with qualifiers—Georgia’s membership applications. In Ukraine, while significant progress has … Continued
Marie Lamensch considers the broadening use of surveillance technologies by authoritarian governments, demonstrating through the case of their use by China the increasing need for democracies to keep track of the harmful online tools and tactics used and to push back against their use by establishing guardrails to help protect and uphold democratic values. The … Continued
On 14 and 15 September 2023, International IDEA and its partners, the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) and Carnegie Europe, organised the 2023 edition of the International Democracy Day Brussels. More than 120 representatives from democracy organisations as well as practitioners, policymakers, … Continued
International IDEA has published an analysis of the setup of the Second Summit, the state of implementation of past democracy commitments, the new commitments made by participating countries, and the level of inclusion of civil society and Democracy Cohorts at the summit. The Report also presents recommendations which could pave the way for stronger connectivity, … Continued
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