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On 3 March 2022, Freedom House published a letter signed by a number of former US Ambassadors, academics, experts and other stakeholders urging President Biden to act on the worsening situation for democracy in Tunisia. After President Kaïs Saïed’s power grab on 25 July 2021, Tunisia has seen one-man rule effectively imposed, with a recent … Continued
With the Summit’s objective to set forth an affirmative agenda to reinvigorate democracy and tackle its challenges through collective action, countries were encouraged to voluntarily submit written commitments in the weeks following the Summit. The Summit was framed around the three themes of defending against authoritarianism, addressing and fighting corruption, and promoting respect for human … Continued
In the fall of 2021, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences organised two initiatives aimed at incorporating the input of young Americans, giving them a voice as the US Administration and wider world engages in the Year of Action on democracy reform. The first project, Voices of the Future, polled 18 to 29 year … Continued
On 9 and 10 February, the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) held its Third Global Conference for Media Freedom in Tallinn, Estonia, releasing a joint statement in support of media freedom. Media freedom is essential for a well-functioning democracy: it ensures factual and accurate public debate and discussion, and facilitates accountability by helping to support the … Continued
A new Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption has been launched by the World Refugee & Migration Council as a part of Canada’s commitments at the Summit for Democracy. The Government of Canada stated in its written commitments that “Canada will convene a national high level, multi-sectoral roundtable to explore options to strengthen the international … Continued
International IDEA expert Annika Silva-Leander shared her views on the challenges, potentials and limitations of the Summit for Democracy for the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Democracy is facing unprecedented challenges: we see a decline in the number of democracies, the quality of these democracies is declining, and more and more countries continue to move further into … Continued
On 31 January 2022, a coalition of over 80 non-profit organisations including Public Citizen, American Civil Liberties Union, InterAction, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Oxfam America, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Partnership for American Democracy published a letter to top White House officials. The letter urged the United States to more fully … Continued
The Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) released a statement giving their first thoughts on commitments and associated rulemakings announced in the lead up to and at the Summit. While significant actions will be taken at home, it remains to be seen how the US will fare where country interests clash with their own. Domestically, the US … Continued
Silvana Rodriguez in New America highlighted encouraging signs for more democratic use of new technologies that will better respect and uphold fundamental rights. The Summit consistently emphasised that our current digital systems present many unique challenges for democracy, and may be exacerbating social and economic inequality. Useful priorities highlighted by the Summit include the encouragement … Continued
Tom O’Connor for Newsweek considers the impact of Turkey’s omission from the Summit on Turkey/US relations. Turkey was one of the only two NATO members to not receive an invitation, the other being Hungary. Both states have responded negatively to the perceived snub, with Turkey defending the quality of its democracy and Hungary claiming they … Continued
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