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17. Oktober 2020 | EDP Wire | Jonas Wolff, Felix S. Bethke
COVID-19 and shrinking civic spaces: Findings from a preliminary assessment
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of countries worldwide have introduced severe limitations on public life and individual freedoms. Although generally considered necessary to save lives and protect health care systems from overburdening, these restrictions pose the risk of government overreach, thereby potentially boosting the global trend of shrinking spaces for civil society actors.
weiter lesen »29. September 2020 | EDP Wire | Julia Leininger, Karina Mross, Daniel Nowack
We Need Democracy Protection to Counter Autocratisation
This EDP Wire is part of the German Development Institute’s weekly column discussing the most recent topics of international development politics. The authors discuss the need for international democracy protection against rising autocratic tendencies.
weiter lesen »27. Mai 2020 | EDP Wire | Jonas Wolff, Felix Bethke, Sophia Birchinger, Ben Christian, Melanie Coni-Zimmer, Julian Junk, Anton Peez, Simone Schnabel, Jens Stappenbeck, Antonia Witt
Developing Peace: Impulses for German and International Development Cooperation
This EDP Wire summarizes the results of the study „Peace and Development 2020: An Analysis of Current Experiences and Findings“, which was conducted at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
weiter lesen »18. Mai 2020 | EDP Wire | Jalale Getachew Birru
Normative Jurisprudence: Finding a Solution for the Current Constitutional Impasse on the Postponement of the 2020 General Election in Ethiopia
Due to the Covid-19 related restrictions, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on March 31 that it is impossible to hold an election on August 30, 2020. This created a constitutional impasse as the constitution requires holding an election at least one month before the end of the House of Representatives‘ term which is the final week of the Ethiopian month of Meskerem (October 3-10). To resolve the deadlock, some opposition parties and the government put forward different solutions. This article examines the proposed solutions through the principle of normative jurisprudence.
weiter lesen »6. Mai 2020 | EDP Wire | Julia Leininger
Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy
This EDP Wire is part of a German Development Institute (DIE) special series that explores the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.
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