A United Nations Special Rapporteur on Democracy
Encouraged by support for a new mandate to be established by the UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) of a UN…
Geographical Coverage: Global
Project 2025: A Heightened Threat of Christian Nationalism and Authoritarianism
Preparing for Transitional Elections – Challenges and Opportunities for Building Democratic Resilience During Conflict and Other Crises
Elections can open a new chapter in a country’s history. Particularly following conflicts and other crises, elections carry the weight…
2023 Final Report
In democracies around the world, we are witnessing an alarming surge in disengagement and discontent in democratic institutions – paving…
Dr. Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim, recipients of the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, meet with FGFJ Diet Task Force and Advisory Board
For World AIDS Day 2023, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) invited Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim and Professor…
Democracy is under attack but a new approach to “political innovation” is helping to revitalize it
To counter increasing polarization, populism, inequality and authoritarianism, a new civil society approach to “political innovation” is supporting citizen-led innovations…
Setting democratic ground rules for AI: civil society strategies
With recent leaps in the development of AI, we are experiencing a seismic shift in the balance of power between…
Do it for Democracy
The Parliamentary Centre hosted its second annual Do It For Democracy under the marquee at Earnscliffe, the historic residence of…
A Social Accountability Tool – Empowered Youth Generation in Governance
The Social Accountability tool provides a framework for a citizen-led action to hold governments and service providers accountable for the…
Red Lines Around a Free and Fair Polish Election
The October 15, 2023 Polish parliamentary election will not be fair. The country’s last fair election was in 2015, when…