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International IDEA will participate in the event "Democratic Backsliding: What it means for America and the world," hosted by Georgetown University on 18 November 2021.

The event will include the following speakers:

Enhancing transparency in the flow of money in the public sphere is a major driver for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially the realization of SDG16 on peaceful, just and inclusive institutions. Inadequately controlled political finance is one of the most widely exploited entry points for illicit financial flows and for narrow private interests to exert undue influence over public policies and policymaking processes.

U.S. President Joe Biden pledged in his election campaign to rebuild global alliances, exemplified in a Summit for Democracy, which he said would “renew the spirit and shared purpose of the nations of the free world”. 

The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from 15 to 26 March 2021. The priority theme of the session is 'Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls'.

Join us, for a high-level event on democratic renewal with opening keynotes by European Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen and US Assistant Secretary for Democracy Lisa Peterson. 

Data and knowledge are political and powerful and their use in the development of policy and problem solving is fundamental to the ability of the global urban safety sector to build, test, adapt and share innovative and transformative practices and approaches which respond effectively to vulnerability and unsafety in all their forms across the globe.  

The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) invites you to the 3rd Crisis Governance Forum on Rule of Law-Based Policymaking for Covid-19 Response and Recovery.

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

2020 has been a year of significant challenges for the world as the COVID-19 pandemic was recognized as a global enemy that the world was not ready to tackle.

The call for accelerating action and implementing transformative pathways on the 2030 Agenda is confronted with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the governmental and multilateral responses to the crisis and the post-COVID-19 recovery initiatives will impact on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The briefing will focus on the implications of COVID-19 for democracy and the role of multilateralism in strengthening effective governance responses, with respect to both short-term crisis management and the implementation of rights-based approaches to medium- and long-term recovery action. It will provide a space for analysing current trends in multilateral responses and recommendations on how to integrate a democratic governance perspective in international action.

What challenges and opportunities can you highlight for democratic resiliency in times of emergencies, like the COVID-19 pandemic? 

Join a webinar with the Secretaries-General from the Community of Democracies, International IDEA, and the Organization of American States, regarding responses to the current crisis , human rights and democracy resilience. 

Background: The SDG16 Data Initiative (DI) was launched in July 2016 by a consortium of partner organizations that seeks to support the open and holistic tracking of the commitments made by all 193 UN Member States captured in SDG16+. The SDG16 DI was created to respond to the gap in terms of comprehensive data on SDG16 issues, especially civil society generated data, open global monitoring and improved availability of data for civil society actors.

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day

Launch of

The Global State of Democracy Report 2019:
Addressing the Ills, Reviving the Promise

A great deal has happened on the international scene and in countries around the world since the UN first observed the International Day of Democracy on 15 September 2008. While people everywhere continue to aspire to democracy as a fundamental value of political and economic life, supported by representative, transparent and accountable institutions, the actual practice of democracy – in government and in society at large – is a cause of frustration and even resentment.

The 2019 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) will review, among other issues, the implementation of SDG16 on peace, justice and accountable institutions. The integrity of electoral processes is a fundamental factor for democratic accountability.

International IDEA and the Community of Democracies are holding a side event under the theme “SDG 16+ Lessons learned in implementation, partnerships and the way forward”. This discussion panel will take place on Monday, 15 June 2019, at 16:30, at the Uganda House in New York City, in the framework of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF).

The conference Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: SDG 16 Implementation and the Path to Leaving No One Behind, co-organized by UN DESA and IDLO with the Government of Italy, was held in Rome on 27-29 May 2019, to contribute to the preparations for the July 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

The SDG16 is particularly challenging for open data collection. Non-official data, as highlighted by SDG16 Data Initiative (SDG16 DI), independently address gaps in data availability, through innovative methodologies and can reduce capacity strain on NGOs through strategic partnerships. Critically, non-official data can provide accountability to governments, ensuring perceptions and needs of marginalized groups are accounted for.

Today, more people than ever before live in countries other than their country of origin.  In 2015, alone, the number of migrants reached 244 million and the number of refugees reached nearly 19.5 million.  While the distinctions between migrant and refugee may differ based on cause and circumstances that led people to leave for different destinations, it is important to recognize that many migrants and refugees face similar challenges when it comes to political and human rights.