Democracy under threat around the world – intergovernmental watchdog
Half of the world’s countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights such as freedom of expression and assembly.
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00:00 "Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections
00:05 to curtailed rights such as freedom of expression and assembly."
00:09 Intergovernmental Watchdog International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, or
00:13 IDEA, says 2022 was the sixth consecutive year in which countries with net declines
00:19 outnumbered those with net advances.
00:21 IDEA says it's the longest consecutive fall since its records began in 1975.
00:27 IDEA Secretary General Kevin Casas Zamora says, quote, "In short, democracy is still
00:31 in trouble, stagnant at best, and declining in many places."
00:35 The think tank says the deterioration of democratic guardrails, such as elections, parliaments,
00:40 and independent courts, led to problems in safeguarding the rule of law and holding politicians
00:45 to account.
00:46 IDEA says the decline should be viewed in conjunction with the cost-of-living crisis,
00:50 climate change, and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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