Our 25th anniversary virtual conference will offer a tour of democracy around the world consisting of sequenced regional sessions. Hear from experts including Thomas Carothers, Ann Linde, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Tania Pariona.
Each session will be live streamed and no registration is required to watch.
25 HOURS
12 SESSIONS
63 SPEAKERS
The practice of recalling elected representatives during their term of office is both topical and controversial within the context of democratic governance across the globe. On the one hand, recall can be an instrument to ensure adequate representation of the elected, but on the other hand, it can be weaponised to undermine democratic representation.
The Global Peace Index is the flagship annual report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). This year’s report is the 14th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their relative levels of peacefulness. The GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness.
Malawi held fresh Presidential elections following a Constitutional Court order of the 3rd of February 2020 that nullified the Presidential election that had been held on the 21st of May 2019, which decision was upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal on the 8th of May 2020. A new Commission was appointed on the 7th of June 2020, and conducted the fresh presidential election on the 23rd of June 2020.
The purpose of the webinar, organized by International IDEA Africa and West Asia Programme, is to create a virtual platform for dialogue and experience-sharing on how parliamentary democracy can be preserved and how parliaments can take the lead in ensuring oversight of the extended emergency powers of the Executive, and be the true reflection of citizens’ voices on matters pertaining to the handling of the pandemic in their countries.
Concluding Session - Continental Youth Consultation on Engaging Youth in the Electoral Process
This webinar will be held in English.
Webinaire Session II- Les Jeunes renforcent la paix et sécurité pendant la période électorale en Afrique sous le COVID-19
This webinar will be held in French.
Webinar Session II- Youth fostering Peace and Security during Elections in Africa amid COVID-19
This webinar will be held in English.
Webinaire Session I - Réengager la jeunesse dans les élections pendant la période du COVID-19
This webinar will be held in French.
The current Covid-19 pandemic has brought a sharper relief to issues attendant to Women’s Political Participation in Africa. The pandemic’s effects are being felt across the spectrum of the key areas of democracy foci for International IDEA that form the basis for the WPP consortium: constitution, elections, and political participation and empowerment.
Electoral Management Bodies facing COVID-19 challenges : Experiences from Africa and West Asia
As the COVID-19 crisis takes a devastating toll on lives and livelihoods across the continent, its effects on the democratic development of African countries becomes fundamental. While much attention has been paid to the question of its consequences for democratic and electoral processes, its impact on constitutionalism and the rule of law in these states has received relatively less attention.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the fragile socio-economic situation in the Horn of Africa and has compounded existing and/or created new challenges to democratisation in the region. It has also arrived at a time when four of the six countries in the region are in a protracted security and political transition process.
With 23 national elections scheduled in 22 countries, the African election calendar is busy in 2020. Four of these elections have already taken place in the first quarter of the year, before COVID-19 cases were reported in Africa. Apart from Ethiopia, no other African country has yet postponed scheduled national elections because of the pandemic. Burundi, Guinea and Mali held elections amidst the pandemic.
As COVID-19 crisis worsens, its effects on democratic development of African countries become a key issue and priority. Much attention has been paid to the question of its consequences on electoral processes, as well as on constitutionalism and the rule of law. Its impact on Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion (re)construction Processes in these States has received relatively less attention.
The struggle for women’s participation in public affairs and the political life of their countries as equal actors has been an enduring feature of the entire period since independence in Africa.
As the COVID-19 crisis takes a devastating toll on lives and livelihoods across the continent, its effects on the democratic development of African countries become fundamental. While much attention has been paid to the question of its consequences for democratic and electoral processes, its impact on constitutionalism and the rule of law in these states has received relatively less attention.
National elections are scheduled to take place in Malawi, Seychelles and Tanzania later this year, whilst Namibia will be holding regional council and local authorities elections. The Southern Africa region, like other parts of the continent, has seen a gradual increase in the spread of the Corona virus.
As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, its effects on the democratic development of African countries becomes a key priority. Much attention has been paid to the question of its consequences for electoral processes. Its impact on constitutionalism and the rule of law in these States has received relatively less attention.
