On March 4th Freedom House in Washington D.C. published its 2020 report on Freedom in the World, finding that in 2019 overall global freedom declined for the 14th consecutive time.
The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has brought into focus the need for a global health system. Infectious disease outbreaks are a global problem that nation states alone cannot tackle. To minimise
Over the past few years, many commentators have become pessimistic about the future of democracy, lamenting the rise of right-populist movements stretching from the United States to India. However, the
A joint message reviewed by participants at the end of this year’s PyeongChang Peace Forum in South Korea from 9-11 February 2020 calls for the creation of “meaningful entry points
The twelfth edition of the Democracy Index covering 2019 that was published recently has concluded that global democracy is in its most fragile state since The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
A study from the University of Cambridge’s new Centre for the Future of Democracy that was launched these days has found dissatisfaction with democracy around the world at its highest
The fifteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) will be hosted by Saudi Arabia from 21–22 November 2020 in the capital city of Riyadh. According to Freedom House in
The GVP: a “new old” internet tool for global democracyTogether with Democracy without Borders, the World Parliament Experiment has been working on a Global Voting Platform (GVP).The GVP is an
Michael Weidinger and Rasmus Tenbergen |27.01.2020
2019, a politically turbulent and eventful year, now lies behind us. Around the globe, millions of young people took a stand on the climate crisis, engaging in protests against aimless
At an award ceremony last Friday in Brussels the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) that is coordinated by Democracy Without Borders received the 2nd prize in the category
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was launched by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2006 and since then annual meetings have been held across the world. This year, Germany
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