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View the launch presentations and discussions recorded by the International Peace Institute and the United Nations WebTV. 

International IDEA, together with the Community of Democracies and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will co-host the Inter-Regional Workshop on the theme “Regional Organizations and the Promotion of Gender Equality and the Political Empowerment of Women”.

The Council of Member States of International IDEA has elected India as the Institute’s Chair for 2026. India assumed the annual Chairship from the 2025 Chair, Switzerland, at a meeting of the Council in Stockholm, Sweden on 3 December 2025.

As democracy faces its deepest global challenges in decades — marked by rising authoritarianism, declining trust, and a weakened multilateral system — leaders from governments, multilateral institutions, civil society, and philanthropy convened at the Ford Foundation on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly to chart a renewed global democracy agenda.

Statement on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the International Institute for 
Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)

Released by the Council of Member States on 12 June 2025

Stockholm Conference on Electoral Integrity, 10–12 June 2025

Preamble

Since the Stockholm Founding Conference in 1995, International IDEA has worked to deliver policy-relevant knowledge, capacity development, advocacy and dialogue facilitation to advance and protect sustainable democracy globally.

In 2023, International IDEA and the Australian Election Commission partnered to host a series of virtual seminars aimed at bringing together electoral practitioners from around the world to discuss topics relating to electoral integrity. These seminars were designed to stimulate discussion and exchanges on key themes underpinning public trust in elections, such as operational integrity, security of the process and the information environment around elections.

On 25 March 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order ‘Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections’. The order outlines sweeping reforms that aim to protect US elections from fraud, foreign interference and systemic error.  

The principal mandates of the Executive Order (EO) include:

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The increased frequency and severity of natural hazards in recent years presents challenges to political institutions worldwide. For democracies, emergencies such as wildfires can substantially affect an electoral management body’s (EMB) capacity to administer free and fair elections.

In this case study, two jurisdictions in Canada are examined—Alberta and the Northwest Territories—whose general elections were affected by wildfires in 2023. 

Voter Turnout (VT) is determined by matching the total number of votes cast during an election against the total number of eligible voters. VT levels can be indicative of public attitudes and perceptions – high turnout can reflect high levels of interest and trust, while low VT can be a sign of disinterest or negative views of elections. 

While new 2023 regulations for political ads are more comprehensive, loopholes persist and are reinforced by the US Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) limited enforcement capacity. The study recommends expanding the FEC’s role to include digital finance, addressing for example anonymous cryptocurrency transactions that risk illicit contributions to political campaigns.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) congratulates President-elect Donald Trump on his election as the 47th President of the United States. We also extend our congratulations to the United States, an Observer State of International IDEA, on a free, fair, peaceful and orderly election.

Ahead of the Tuesday, November 5 general elections in the United States, some aspects of the US electoral system stand out globally, particularly in its innovations to make voting more accessible, such as through postal voting.

In a time when the health of democracy is a global concern, this report provides an analysis of the state of American democracy over the past decade.

In the past week, Hurricane Helene – a Category 4 storm – has caused destruction, including almost 200 deaths, across several southeastern US states. With the 2024 presidential election only a month away, Madeline Harty and Erik Asplund look at the long-lasting potential implications of the storm on voting in these states.

Extreme weather events are often described by meteorologists as the ‘fingerprint of climate change’. These climate-induced disasters are becoming more damaging and more frequent, at times occurring close to elections and impacting upon them. As climate-related natural hazards will continue to do so, states must consider protecting elections and building resilience.

This week, like every September, heads of state are coming together at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and address the world through their speeches during the High-Level Week (HLW) General Debate (GD). The HLW provides the United Nations’ 193 member states with a platform to present their official position on international politics, the state of the world, and their domestic and foreign policy priorities.