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Following a year of implementation of the 'Sierra Leone Democracy Strengthening Programme', International IDEA and its partners, recently organized a programme review workshop that brought together boundary partners, the donor and other actors in the governance space in Sierra Leone to review progress and challenges in the programme implementation, and to set priorities in response to the post-election context in the country.

After the war broke out in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the critical question became focused, ‘Are regional organizations and initiatives still capable of achieving lasting peace in Sudan?’, where do the weaknesses lie, and what are the strengths in the role of these organizations in making peace in Sudan? Based on these questions, International IDEA in Sudan has organized this seminar: ‘The Pros and Cons of the Regional Initiatives to Stop the War in Sudan’.

This Case Study is part of The Global State of Democracy 2023 Report. 

The global state of democracy in 2023 is complex, fluid and unequal. Across every region of the world, democracy has continued to contract, with declines in at least one indicator of democratic performance in half of the countries covered in the Report.

The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistant through the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme, organised a National Stakeholders' Forum from October 24th to 26th, 2023, to evaluate the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of the various States in Nigeria.

On September 22, 2023, International IDEA and the National Election Watch (NEW) held a training session in Freetown for seventeen data entry clerks, to execute a post-election Data Entry exercise for NEW.

In the age of digital information overload, discerning fact from fiction has become more crucial than ever. This is exacerbated when there is competition for political power, especially during elections.

أصدرت المؤسسة الدولية للديمقراطية والانتخابات سنة ٢٠٢١ مجموعة من الأدلة العملية حول الفصل ٤٩ من دستور ٢٧ جانفي/يناير ٢٠١٤ لفائدة مختلف الأطراف المعنية بتطبيق هذه المادة الجامعة التي وضعت الشروط والمعايير المتعلقة بالحد من الحقوق والحريات في الدستور التونسي. وتهدف هذه الأدلة إلى وضع منهجية واضحة ومبسطة لتطبيق مبدأ التناسب المكرس صلب هذا الفصل، كما تقترح آليات عملية لتفعيله تستجيب لخصوصيات مختلف الجهات المستهدفة: السلطة التشريعية، السلطة   

As part of the Programme “Support to the Democratic Transition in Chad”, funded by the European Union, International IDEA Chad organized a two-day national training workshop on strengthening women's leadership with a view to encouraging women to stand as candidates in the forthcoming elections.&nb

As part of its efforts to support the Government of Chad in ensuring a peaceful, inclusive and democratic transition, International IDEA Chad's programme, funded by the European Union, initiated a BRIDGE workshop (Building Resources in Democracy, G

The Government of the Republic of Zambia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in commemoration of the International Day for Democracy 2023, organized a series of events under the title East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum.

In the lead up to the constitutional referendum, as part of its series on training and awareness raising activities, International IDEA Chad is providing young people and women with tools to help ensure that the constitutional and electoral reforms process are conducted in a consensual and peaceful manner.

The curtains have come down on the digital campaign against hate speeches and false rumours on social media.

إن قوات الأمن الداخلي هي أساسا جهاز مكلف بالسهر على احترام حقوق الإنسان التي تمثل حجر أساس كل مجتمع ديمقراطي. وبسبب دقة هذه المسؤولية، فإنها تحتاج إلى منهاج عمل يساعدها على الاتزان في استعمال القوة حين يقتضي الأمر اللجوء إليها وعلى التعامل القانوني السليم مع كل وضعية تنتجها مقتضيات ممارسة المهام الأمنية.

نشأت فكرة المرصد منذ سنة ٢٠١٩ في إطار مشروع المؤسسة الدولية للديمقراطية والانتخابات المتعلق بالمادة الجامعة من الدستور التونسي والذي تعمل عليه المؤسسة منذ سنة ٢٠١٩.

One of the particularities of what is currently being negotiated between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah is that the parties are contemplating establishing a revenue allocation mechanism in the absence of an overarching constitutional or political framework.

The aim of this Report is to provide a situation analysis with a view to informing relevant political and third-party actors on the core issues that require resolution and negotiation.

The involvement of youth in electoral and democratic governance processes is crucial for inclusive democratic governance globally, including the strengthening of Sierra Leone's democracy.

Constitution-building processes in Sudan have been continually manipulated by military and civilian governments and supported by narrow elites. A brief historical survey reveals this unfortunate reality—which has continued even after the peaceful 2018 revolution.