International IDEA presented the report Global State of Democracy 2026: Democracy in an Era of Conflict in collaboration with ...

September 2026, "International Roundtable on Political Finance Transparency and Oversight" was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

International IDEA's Africa and West Asia Regional Office hosted the regional launch of the 2026 Global State of Democracy Report (GSoD) titled “Democracy in the Age of Conflict” at the Royal ...

On election day, observers provide an independent set of eyes on the process. They follow what happens at polling stations, watch as votes are counted and help the public understand whether an ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the International Foundation for Elector ...

Join International IDEA and the Electoral Integrity Project for the global online launch of the ‘Review of the 2025 Year of Elections’. Hosted by International IDEA and co-sponsored by the Electoral ...

Ukraine’s future electoral processes will take place in a fundamentally transformed social and demographic landscape shaped by war, displacement, migration, military service, and other profound ...

Constitution-building processes in Sudan have been continually manipulated by military and civilian governments and supported by narrow elites. A brief historical survey reveals this unfortunate ...

There is an increasing understanding among parliaments that their relationship with citizens needs to go beyond the ballot box. With trust in institutional politics declining around the world, public ...

For indigenous communities in Nepal, Northeast India and Bangladesh, democracy begins close to home, in the futures young people imagine, the lands communities defend and the right to shape what ...

On 29 August 2025, Samoa held a snap general election following the failure to pass budget legislation in May of the same year (RNZ Pacific 2025; Reuters 2025). During this election, all 51 seats in ...