It is all about working for democracy so that democracy will work for us.

But not just that also democracy, parliament, the idea of representation, the idea of equal citizenship.

It must be democratic, from an economic standpoint.

Democracy depends on informed consent.

Democratic People apos s Republic of Korea Conscription exists (AI).

(e) The idea of a one party system a negation of democracy?

The fact that Indian democracy works is a political miracle.

In a democracy it is the rule of law and transparency that safeguard the interests of the ordinary citizen.

Participatory democracy and the rule of law in Central Africa

Lao People apos s Democratic Republic Conscription exists (AI).

Transparency and accountability are two important factors for democracy.

(a) Participatory democracy and the rule of law in Central Africa

Rather than restoring trust in democratic institutions, the transparency movement could accelerate the transformation of democratic politics into the management of mistrust. In that case, one could imagine the replacement of representative democracy with political regimes that limit citizen control to the executive.

In many countries, the fledgling democracies and their institutions are weak.

Because democracy depends on an informed citizenship.

Efforts to halt ethnic separatism and religious extremism will be stepped up.

Likewise, an Islamic democracy with restrictions on non religious parties would be a mockery of democracy and harmful to Islam. This would also be unrealistic, because in the current age of globalization, any claims to democracy would be exposed as obviously false.

PARIS Is democratic time too slow to respond to crises, and too short to plan for the long term?

Today, my country, Macedonia, is a functional, multi ethnic democracy.

There is no historical precedent for a democracy of over 1 billion people.

The democracy, transparency and accountability of the Council depend mainly on the working methods.

That regime had been abrogated and dismantled and the country was now on the way to building a modern, multiparty and multiracial democracy.

34. UNDP has also provided support for regional and country specific activities in the area of democracy, governance and participation, focusing on democracy building through human rights protection, establishment of ombudsmen institutions, development of mass media and information systems, and modernization of the judicial system.

The Tatmadaw Government abolished the single party socialist system as well as the rigid centralized economy and embarked on instituting reforms for a multiparty democratic system and a market oriented economy.

One noteworthy example had been the establishment of democracy and of a non racial government in South Africa.

We, most of us here, are Americans. We have a democracy.

Young people want to understand democratic systems locally, nationally and internationally.

Human rights and legislative drafting issues related to terrorism are mostly dealt with by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

Difficulties and challenges imposed by the political reality in many Latin American countries affected the perception of democracy.

Measures to enhance democracy and the rule of law lessons learnt national and regional perspectives

The legitimacy of democratic institutions and the political and civil rights that accompanied them hinged very much on a broad based perception that democracy was also conducive to the improvement of people s standard of living.

They got instant democracy in the 1990s elections without checks and balances.

Once a democratic system is established in the People s Republic of China, unification will occur ipso facto.

So, in my view, true democracy is the only alternative, because it is realistic and promotes peace. Call this ideology free democracy a political system that tolerates restrictions imposed only from within, never from outside, the democratic process itself.

Those traditions have contributed to the emergence of a secular democracy that in itself serves as a bulwark against societal tensions.

From a populist perspective, this makes perfect sense Why should they accept checks on their power if they represent the authentic will of the people? Populists can live with representative democracy what they cannot accept is political pluralism and the notion of legitimate opposition.

With the restoration of democracy, existing institutions had had to be brought back into line with the constitutional system.

These principles and ideals are those that democracy has taught us.

Citizens and Democracy

These are precisely the situations which, usually upon the demise of the authoritarian regime that institutionalized them, require the adoption of special measures by the democratic system which has replaced it.

Abolition of the system of separate electorates. Policy Actions.

Participants in civil societies are progressively agreeing on such norms as diplomatic languages and systems of representation and democratic governance.

If constituents are registering to vote in peaceful political opposition, then that is democracy at work.

61. It can be generally stated that the transition to democracy usually has a positive impact on the resolution of minority issues.

The objective of the measures was to create the conditions for the establishment of a genuine rule of law and a pluralist democracy, which alone can ensure respect for human rights and good, transparent management of public affairs.