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Traditionally, since 2013, every election year, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Office in Skopje (KAS) and the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” from Skopje (IDSCS) prepare handbooks for the electoral processes in the country.
Eine dreiteilige Vorlesungsreihe an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt.
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Australia) was pleased to support the Griffith Asia Institute’s Roundtable Policy Dialogue on “Enhancing Pacific Ecosystems for Entrepreneurship and Innovation” held on 26/27 March 2024 in Brisbane.
En el encuentro, la investigadora expuso sobre la evidencia y propuestas de políticas públicas que se recogen en la publicación.
Probably the most important document of the century turns 75: December 10, 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Initially drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt (USA) and Dr. Peng-chun Chang (China), representatives of 9 states came to encompass the Drafting Committee who worked on the 30 articles of the declaration which was ultimately voted upon in the UN General Assembly in 1948. The drafting states included: the Soviet Union (USSR), Australia, Chile, Lebanon, France, the United Kingdom and Canada. 48 states voted in favor of the text, 8 abstained (Soviet Union, Belarusian and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Saudi Arabia, Union of South Africa) and 2 states did not vote. Important human rights mechanisms, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights were adopted in the following years. Currently, 9 international human rights treaties exist whose implementation is monitored by committees of independent experts. In 1993, the UDHR was again reaffirmed by a total of 171 state representatives as part of the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action (VDPA). The UN General Assembly with its 184 Member States endorsed the VDPA again on 20 December 1993, thereby reaffirming their support for the Universal Declaration. They also decided to establish the post of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Although human rights constituite one of the three pillars of the UN system alongside peace, security and development, 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) only receives a tiny part of the UN regular budget, only 4.3% and thus remains severely underfunded.
On 20 December 2023, the people of Africa's second largest country, which has been ravaged by crises, mismanagement and war, will be called upon to take part in a mega-event: they will simultaneously elect the President of the Republic, the 500 members of the National Assembly, the representatives of the 26 provincial parliaments and, for the first time, the members of the municipal councils (city councils). President Félix Tshisekedi, the country's former beacon of hope, is standing for re-election. The presidential candidates all come from the well-known political class. However, the opposition candidates are primarily criticising the current government and the election process. Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are rarely guided by traditional ideological or democratic principles; they are often linked to tangible economic interests. In the past, there have been repeated cases of unrest after elections - in a country the size of Western Europe.
El taller se realizó en Temuco y permitió fortalecer capacidades e intercambiar experiencias con los responsables de Transparencia en las distintas municipalidades.
W 10 rocznicę śmierci Premiera Tadeusza Mazowieckiego ukazała się przy wsparciu Fundacji Konrada Adenauera publikacja zawierająca pisma i zapisy rozmów oraz ważnych wystąpień i wywiadów z czasów jego urzędowania w dobie przełomu.
Vertrauen ist kein abstraktes Konzept, sondern wirkt sich auf unser tägliches Leben und dessen Qualität aus. Geringes Vertrauen hat negative Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschaft und den Zustand unseres Geldbeutels, auf die Sicherheit auf den Straßen, auf Korruption und Vetternwirtschaft, auf die subjektive Lebenszufriedenheit, auf den Zusammenhalt der Gemeinschaft und nicht zuletzt auf unsere Fähigkeit, wirksam auf Krisen zu reagieren.
Francophone West and Central Africa are in further turmoil. After five military coups in the last three years (Mali, Chad, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger), the military also took power in Gabon at the end of August 2023. Is this military coup in Gabon also a result of recent anti-democratic developments in sub-saharan Africa, or can it be seen in a different light?
