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New research: Citizens worldwide support democratic global government
In a new study, recently published and freely available in International Studies Quarterly, we find that overwhelming majorities in 17 countries across the global South, North, East, and West support
Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli | 09.09.2024
Ahead of UN Summit of the Future, civil society presents own proposals
In September, the United Nations convenes a long awaited “Summit of the Future” at its headquarters in New York. While governments are busy putting final touches on an official outcome
DWB | 26.08.2024
Progress at a price: UN NGO Committee reforms yield mixed results
The United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Committee) on 23 July 2024 adoted a resolution in New York that aims at improving its procedures granting civil society groups a
Ishaan Shah | 21.08.2024
Support of new International Anti-Corruption Court on the rise
Transparency and justice are crucial elements of democracy. There has been, however, a global decline in justice and the rule of law since 2016. The latest Corruption Perceptions Index released
Ksenia Karpova | 05.08.2024
The trajectory of humanity will demand UN Charter reform
At a most basic level, the fundamental problem we face today in international governance is our failure to adjust our economic and political institutions to the imperative needs of a
Dan Perell and Heba Aly | 02.07.2024
Survey: majorities in G20+ countries support global democracy proposals
The “Global Report on Attitudes to Political and Economic Transformation 2024”, published in June 2024, offers a detailed analysis of public opinion across 22 countries, including 18 G20 nations. Commissioned
DWB | 24.06.2024
Sustainable Development Report calls for a UN Parliament, goals off track
This week, on June 17, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) published their annual Sustainable Development Report which evaluates and ranks the performance of UN Member States on the
DWB | 19.06.2024
Community of Democracy debates new UN Special Rapporteur in Warsaw
On 11 June, representatives of the 30 member states of the Community of Democracies (CoD) convened for a meeting of their Governing Council in the Polish capital Warsaw, the location
DWB | 13.06.2024
A plea for transnational groups in international parliaments
On June 9th, Europe will vote. On this day, over 370 million citizens of the European Union’s 27 Member States have the opportunity to directly elect their members of the
Simon Taverna | 07.06.2024
Faith in democracy remains high at 85% in 53-country survey
According to the 2024 edition of the Democracy Perception Index, support of democracy has remained high across the world over the past six years. An average of 85% of survey
DWB | 04.06.2024
Proposals for inclusive global governance put forward at UN conference
Proposals for inclusive global governance were discussed in two sessions at the UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi and then presented to the conference plenary. The event, held at UN
DWB | 22.05.2024
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