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Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement
"The government’s response to known connections of law enforcement officers to violent racist and militant groups has been strikingly insufficient" (German, 2020).
Women Constitution-Makers: Comparative Experiences With Representation, Participation And Influence
"This report was developed as a follow up to the First Annual Women Constitution-Makers Dialogue held in October 2019. The workshop was jointly organized by International IDEA and the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law as part of the Political Settlements Research Programme of the University of Edinburgh." (Houlihan, 2020).
A Turbulent Decade: The Changes in Chinese Popular Attitudes Toward Democracy
This paper “investigates the changes in popular attitudes toward democracy” where “Results show that online discussion around democracy has decreased and voices questioning democracy have become pronounced” and “increasing doubts about democracy are not necessarily translated into a strong authoritarian legitimacy.” (Zhang 2020)
When Corruption Funds the Political System: A Case Study of Honduras
In this report, Sabet explores four most salient types of corruption in Honduras: embezzlement of social development funds, procurement corruption, organized crime corruption, and patronage abuses in the bureaucracy. While each is distinct, in all four cases, corrupt proceeds help fund political campaigns, making corruption a core input to the political system. Sabet explores several potential sources of accountability to prevent and respond to these challenges.
Stopping Killer Robots Country Positions on Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons and Retaining Human Control.
"This report shows how 97 countries have responded to the challenge of "Killer Robots" and elaborated their views on lethal autonomous weapons systems since the matter was first discussed at the Human Rights Council in 2013.[5] It surveys where these countries stand on calls to ban fully autonomous weapons and retain meaningful human control over the use of force." (Human Rights Watch, 2020)
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights In Constitutions Assessment Tool
The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Constitutions Assessment Tool helps users analyze a constitution from the perspective of indigenous peoples’ rights. Using a series of questions, explanations and examples from other global constitutions, the Assessment Tool guides its users through the text of a constitution and allows for systematic analysis of the language and provisions in it. (Cats-Baril, 2020).
Transitional Justice And Social Cohesion (Re)Construction In African Countries During The Covid-19 Pandemic
A new report, ‘Global Democracy and COVID-19: Upgrading International Support’, was published on 15 July and highlights how some governments are using the public health crisis to further curtail democratic activities and provides recommendations for policymakers and civil society to counteract the negative impacts of COVID-19 on democracy. (IDEA, 2020).
Risk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains
"Applying MGI’s micro-to-macro methodology, this report considers the issues and investment choices facing individual companies as well as the implications for global value chains, trade, and national economies. . It builds on a large multiyear body of MGI research on topics such as global value chains and flows, manufacturing, digitization, and climate risk" (McKinsey & Company, 2020).
Ιndicators of News Media Trust
News media “has suffered from a decline in public confidence... A key question... is whether that trust is lost for good….Gallup asked a representative sample of U.S. adults to discuss key factors that make them trust, or not trust, news media organizations” (American Academy of Art & Sciences, 2020).
American Views 2020: Trust, Media And Democracy
"At a time when factual, trustworthy information is especially critical to public health and the future of our democracy, the striking trends documented here are cause for concern. American Views offers new insights into how the public is responding to these challenges in their own media consumption and their thoughts about how to address them" (Knight Foundation, 2020).
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