Over the past year, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation has hosted 26 “democracy dialogues,” conducted 100 interviews, and published 54 collaborative essays that encouraged civil society leaders from around the world to reimagine the future of democracy. The outcomes of these different discussions informed its recently-published report “Democracy for All: Beyond a Crisis of…
From November 16-18, 2018, join CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation in three days of global action by organizing a SPEAK! event to bring people together across lines of division and help to build connections. Not sure what your event could be? CIVICUS encourages any activity that inspires dialogue and understanding: “a public forum featuring individuals who…
A recently updated report released by the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) entitled the “Manual to Defend the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” provides indigenous people—as well as the organizations who fight on their behalf—tools and legal information that can aid in the defense of their rights. Available in both Spanish and Portuguese,…
On September 19, 2018, a court in Belgrade established that the editor of a daily newspaper called The Informer broke a law against hate speech by publishing an article attacking an activist and former Hurford Youth Fellow Anita Mitic and her former organization the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR). The editor was ordered to pay…