Human Rights

Democracy is increasingly being shaped by actors who are redefining what political influence looks like. The recent Team Europe Democracy (TED) webinar on “Youth and Women as Political Drivers” (5th of May 2026, TED Webinar...

Reporting Period: May 2025 – April 2026 South Sudan is entering a critical political transition with elections scheduled in December 2026. This will be the first general election in the existence of the country, which became...

Period covered: October 2025 to January 2026 Argentine civil society has a distinguished history of participation in democratic development, particularly in the defence of human rights and fundamental civil liberties following the...

Reporting period: June 2025 – April 2026 Eswatini remains an absolute monarchy and continues to be classified as a “closed” civic space by the CIVICUS Monitor. The legal and political environment remains structurally restrictive...

The Guidelines on Parliamentary Strategic Planning are a practical, peer-informed resource developed through the Inter Pares Programme in partnership with the National Assembly of Zambia. They respond to the growing recognition...

Parliaments have a central role to play in ensuring that large-scale infrastructure projects deliver sustainable, inclusive and accountable development outcomes. This Handbook for Parliamentary Oversight of Large-Scale...

Haitian civil society operates in a deeply constrained environment shaped by overlapping political, security, humanitarian, economic, and environmental crises that have intensified over the past decade. The crisis has deepened...

Reporting period: June 2025 – April 2026 Eswatini remains an absolute monarchy and continues to be classified as a “closed” civic space by the CIVICUS Monitor. The legal and political environment remains structurally restrictive...