16 September 2024
Mexico’s Constitutional Democracy Under Threat
The final act of Mexican President López Obrador will be in collaboration with the president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and the newly elected Congress. Among other things, in a move that goes beyond anything found in other prominent backsliding states such as Hungary or Poland, it introduces the popular election of all sitting judges across the Federal Judiciary, including Supreme Court Justices, every 9 and 12 years respectively. In an open letter, legal scholars, judges, policymakers and practitioners from various regions of the world have expressed deep concern over the potential consequences that the popular election of judges may have on judicial independence, the rule of law, and the safeguarding of rights and freedoms in Mexico. Continue reading >>
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13 May 2021
WEBINAR 2: “Democracy and Disruption”
How has democracy been impacted by over a year of pandemic response and emergency? How have states ensured the democratic accountability of their actions in response to the global health emergency? What lessons can be learned for now, and for the future? This panel examines democratic practices, and highlights the best – and most concerning – developments. Continue reading >>
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01 May 2021
Democracy and the Global Pandemic
What’s the future of the free world? What does the ‘free world’ even mean? Recent reports from leading democracy assessment bodies depict a shrinking democratic atlas that is more fragmented than it has been for decades after a steep decline in every world region. Continue reading >>
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15 May 2020
Democracy and the Global Emergency – Shared Experiences, Starkly Uneven Impacts
Curating analysis of these developments since early April through the COVID-DEM project, and reading across the 62 published contributions to this outstanding symposium, there are clear commonalities across all democracies affected. Beyond these commonalities, the effect of the COVID-19 response on the democratic system has been – and will be – starkly uneven across democracies worldwide, due to the different democratic ‘starting point’ of each state as the pandemic hit. Continue reading >>
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18 February 2020
DEM-DEC Research Update Editorial: Global Democracy and the Fierce Urgency of 2020
Latest Global Research Update Just Issued The first Global Research [...] Continue reading >>
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13 November 2019
DEM-DEC Research Update Editorial: The Power of Protest
October was a month of protest, with large-scale protests everywhere from Chile to Hong Kong to Lebanon, as citizens push for democratic government, removal of corrupt politicians, or a more equitable economic system (or all three). Will these protests produce change? Continue reading >>
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10 October 2019
DEM-DEC Research Update Editorial: Reflecting on 1989
Latest Global Research Update Just Issued The latest Global Research [...] Continue reading >>
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29 July 2019
DEM-DEC Global Research Update – July 2019
Twelfth Global Research Update since DEM-DEC was launched This twelfth [...] Continue reading >>
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22 May 2019
DEM-DEC Global Research Update – May 2019
Tenth Global Research Update since DEM-DEC was launched This tenth [...] Continue reading >>
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17 April 2019
DEM-DEC Global Research Update – April 2019
We’ve Had a Name Change! The Democratic Decay Resource (DEM-DEC) [...] Continue reading >>
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