FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2018 Contact: Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org +1 (202) 378-9604 Defending Democracy: Ninth Global Assembly Addresses Growing Threats to Democracy in Dakar, Senegal in May WASHINGTON, DC – Building Strategic Partnerships for Democratic Renewal is the theme of the Ninth Global Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, which will take…
EIGHTH ASSEMBLY – SESSION REPORTS The Eighth Assembly attendees participated in more than 50 sessions throughout the conference whose topics were built on the foundation of the World Movement for Democracy’s Steering Committee statement, “A Call for Democratic Renewal.” In the statement, the Steering Committee highlights four core dimensions under which the international democratic community…
The World Movement is pleased to announce that its 9th Global Assembly, entitled “Building Strategic Partnerships for Democratic Renewal,” will take place on May 6-9, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. Building on the World Movement’s 2015 statement, “A Call for Democratic Renewal,” the Assembly will bring together hundreds of leaders from civil society, political society, the…
On February 21, 2017, activists will convene to discuss global human rights issues at the 9th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, in Geneva, Switzerland. The event is held in conjunction with the UN Human Rights Council’s annual session, which will meet later that week. Jose Luis Gascon, Chairman of the Commission on Human…