Inclusion of Combatants in Constitution-Building
This document examines the rationales for including combatants in constitution-building, the challenges this presents and some of the mechanisms that…
Geographical Coverage: Global
Independence in Electoral Management
This document focuses on the establishment of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) as institutions normatively, structurally and functionally independent from government.…
Independent Regulatory and Oversight (Fourth-Branch) Institutions
This Primer discusses independent regulatory and oversight institutions. These are public bodies, politically neutral and independent from the three main…
Global Passport to Modern Direct Democracy
This document offers basic information about the tools of direct democracy. It introduces key definitions, describes various tools, and includes…
The Global State of Democracy 2021
This Report provides lessons and recommendations that governments, political and civic actors, and international democracy assistance providers should consider in…
The Global State of Democracy IDEAthons
This report summarizes the main findings from each of the IDEAthons, collaborative events that engaged with issues of The Global…
How Federations Responded to Covid-19
This document explores how countries with a federal form of government responded in distinctive ways to the health and economic…
Federalism
This Primer explores how federalism, as a constitutional mechanism for dividing power between different levels of government, can enjoy constitutionally…
Electing Presidents in Presidential and Semi-Presidential Democracies
This primer discusses the constitutional rules for choosing presidents in countries where the president exercises significant governance powers.
Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World
This report provides an overview of the global data on the electoral dispute-resolution (EDR) mechanisms contained within the International IDEA…