Democracy Without Borders

Global ID: digital system in the making to provide a legal identity for all
Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16.9Having no legal identity means not existing officially. One fifth of the world’s population lacks proper identification and about 50 million children are born without legal…
Lisa Schüller | 13.11.2017
News from the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly
The Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) has recorded numerous positive developments since May 2017. A significant milestone was reached in August when the 1500th member of parliament endorsed…
DWB | 09.11.2017
We need to proclaim humanity’s right to self-determination
From November 3-5, Milo Rau and the Institute for Political Murder (IIPM) convened a General Assembly at the theatre Schaubühne in Berlin as “a concept of an actual world parliament” in…
Andreas Bummel | 06.11.2017
Survey on global risks and governance finds support for supranational decision-making
A survey on “attitudes to global risks and governance” on behalf of the Global Challenges Foundation carried out by ComRes in eight countries across the world’s regions reveals a grave…
Lisa Schüller | 30.10.2017
It is time to unite for defending and revitalizing democracy
A worldwide Coalition for Democratic Renewal In May, over sixty global intellectuals and democracy activists have issued The Prague Appeal for Democratic Renewal. The group, including Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich,…
Andreas Bummel | 04.10.2017
G20 Summit: Democracy Without Borders calls for a UN Parliament
On the occasion of the G20 Summit on July 7/8 in Hamburg, Democracy Without Borders called for the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly to strengthen the United Nations. A model…
DWB | 10.07.2017
News from the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly
A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) for the first time would give elected representatives and members of the opposition a formal role in the world organization. Supporters envisage that it…
DWB | 06.06.2017
For Worldwide Voting via the Internet
A democratic mandate of the world’s citizensIn a globalized world, national isolation will not help to solve economic, social and certainly not international problems. On the contrary, when global issues…
Michael Weidinger | 10.05.2017
The World’s Citizens need to take back control – with a Global Parliament
As global interdependence becomes ever closer and more complex, more and more issues cannot be dealt with by states acting alone. To a large degree, achieving prosperity, development, and security…
Andreas Bummel | 20.03.2017
A World Without Borders
Immigration has recently come to the forefront of the political debate in a spectacular fashion in several developed countries. Yet amidst the rising populist tide, an article published in Foreign…
Inès Ajimi | 20.03.2017
The Committee for a Democratic U.N. is now Democracy Without Borders
Democracy Without Borders is the successor of the Committee for a Democratic U.N., in short KDUN for its German name. In February 2017, KDUN’s members decided to continue their work…
Andreas Bummel | 20.03.2017
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