Legislatures and Political Parties

On 6 May 2026, Team Europe Democracy Working Group 1 on Rule of Law and Accountability held a side event on “Commercial Justice at the Intersection of Rule of Law, Investment, and Prosperity” co-organised with the Hague Institute...

Democracy is in decline and the share of world's population living in freedom under democratic government has decreased considerably as authoritarian practices proliferate. Surprisingly, most of the analyses that study these...

This policy document is a result of the ongoing research and human rights advocacy conducted by Election-Watch.EU, the European Partnership for Democracy, Democracy Reporting International, and the European Platform for Democratic...

This Toolkit, produced by the EU-funded INTER PARES project, looks at the mandates and competencies of parliamentary human rights bodies, the factors that contribute to their effective functioning and how they can operationalize...

Political pluralism is a cornerstone of any democracy. The diversity of voices and interests that must coexist in any democracy require intermediary bodies like political parties that link society to the functioning of the state...