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Why did the January 2024 Taiwan election catch the world’s attention? Taiwan holds a unique position in the international system that its sovereignty is not recognized internationally due to China’s proclaim that Taiwan is an integral part of it.

In recent years, the debate about lowering the voting age has intensified in many countries. Typically, young people around the world can head to the polls between 16 and 18 years of age, although some nations like Singapore and Taiwan set the age at 21 and 20, respectively.

The Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building is organized jointly by International IDEA and the Constitution Transformation Network at Melbourne Law School.

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In January 2022, a year after a ruthless military coup the Myanmar People’s Assembly, which brings together elected MPs and a wide range of other legitimate representatives of the people of Myanmar, endorsed the Federal Democracy Charter (FDC). 

One of the most concerning developments in today’s global state of democracy is the widespread shrinking of civic space. In various countries, civil society has been curtailed by governments who use oppressive laws, cut off funding and harass civic actors who speak out in defence of democracy.

The Governor's Office of the Capital City of Ulaanbaatar, the Institute of Philosophy of the Mongolian Academy of Science (MAS) and International IDEA will host a forum on "Improving accountability in public services through citizen participation" as the culmination of the democratic accountability assessment of social services conducted by MAS for the municipality of Ulaanbaatar. 

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The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Canberra, Australia and Suva, Fiji, on Thursday, 25 May 2023 that re-establishes ties between the organisations.

A regional workshop on Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) and Anti-Money Laundering was convened in Wellington, New Zealand, on 28–29 November 2022. The meeting brought together parliamentarians along with integrity officials including the Ombudsmen and Leadership Commission from the Pacific region.

International IDEA will participate in the Public Discussion on Cyber Security in Elections 2019 of Indonesia, to be held on 6 Decemeber 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Universitas Indonesia’s Faculty of Law invite you to a hybrid public lecture event: “What If Australia Becomes a Republic?” on Thursday, 6 October 2022, 09:00 –11:00 West Indonesian Time (Jakarta local time).

The Melbourne Forum on Constitution-Building in Asia and the Pacific is jointly organized by International IDEA and the Constitution Transformation Network at Melbourne Law School.

Indonesia will hold simultaneous elections for the presidency and legislatures at the national, provincial and district levels, and also the Regional Representative Council (DPD) on 17 April 2019. These will be the most complex elections in the nation’s history. It will be the first time that presidential and legislative elections are held at the same time and the likely impact of parallel campaigning is much debated among scholars.