A group of forty states led by Chile and the International Service for Human Rights warned at a meeting in Geneva that proposed budget cuts will disproportionately affect the UN’s human rights pillar.
The permanent members of the UN Security Council can veto any change of the UN Charter. A way to circumvent a veto is to reconstitute the UN as a new legal entity.
Augusto Lopez-Claros and Andrew Strauss |10.12.2025
Experts convened to assess whether the UN can uphold democracy amid rising authoritarian influence, endorsing stronger citizen participation at the UN and democratic coordination.
The traditional Mercator map distorts global geography, shrinking Africa and the Global South. The Equal Earth projection offers a fairer, more accurate alternative, driving a global push to Correct the Map.
The World Liberty Congress met in Berlin for its 2025 General Assembly. It elected a new leadership and adopted the Berlin Manifesto, a bold call for coordinated action worldwide.
This speech offers a strategic democratic response to the global authoritarian resurgence, outlining how to contest illiberal power through civic unity, principled leadership, and international solidarity.
The World Federalist Movement’s 2025 online congress considered UN reform, international law and justice, climate protection, nuclear disarmament and other subjects to advance effective global governance.
“Authoritarian populists no longer operate at the margins; they sit in government across the world. Their presence is normalized, their rhetoric echoed in institutions that once guarded democracy. What once
On the sidelines of the general debate of the 80th UN General Assembly the Coalition for UN Charter reform rebranded as Article 109 and gathered supporters at a launch event.
International IDEA’s 2025 report finds 2024 extended the global democratic downturn, with 54% of 173 countries deteriorating and 32% improving, as representation hit a 2001 low and press freedom fell.
To counter rising authoritarianism and democratic backsliding, the UN should appoint a Special Rapporteur on Democracy, argues Félix Maradiaga, announcing the support of the World Liberty Congress.
