Nations in Transit 2018: Confronting Illiberalism
Nations in Transit is Freedom House’s research project on democracy in the 29 formerly communist countries from Central Europe to Central Asia. The flagship of the project is an annual survey of democratic reform that has been published since 1995, and with the...
Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Strategy Should Prioritize Human Rights, Rule of Law (2018)
In 2017, Freedom House in partnership with Real-Time Interactive Worldwide Intelligence (RIWI) conducted a “nanosurvey” that sought to answer the question, why does democracy matter? The results were used to develop a strategy brief, which was discussed by a group of stakeholders...
About Freedom of the Press: Press Freedom’s Dark Horizon (2017)
Freedom of the Press, an annual report on media independence around the world, assesses the degree of print, broadcast, and digital media freedom in 199 countries and territories. Published since 1980, it provides numerical scores and country narratives evaluating the legal environment...
About Freedom in the World: An annual study of political rights and civil liberties (2018)
Freedom in the World is Freedom House’s flagship annual report, assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world. It is composed of numerical ratings and supporting descriptive texts for 195 countries and 14 territories. Freedom in the World has been published...
Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis
"Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by emboldened autocrats, beleaguered democracies, and the United States’ withdrawal from its leadership role in the global struggle...
The Democracy Project: Reversing a Crisis of Confidence (2018)
"Democracy is facing its most significant challenge of recent years. Worldwide, the uneven distribution of economic progress and unrelenting pace of change have tested the capacity of democratic institutions and their leaders to deliver. At the same time, authoritarian regimes and populist...
The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism (2018)
Governments around the world are tightening control over citizens’ data and using claims of “fake news” to suppress dissent, eroding trust in the internet as well as the foundations of democracy. "Disinformation and propaganda disseminated online have poisoned the public sphere. The...
Midterm Evaluation: African Center for Justice program in Burundi, DRC, Republic of Congo, & Rwanda (2015)
In October 2015, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) conducted an internal midterm evaluation of the African Center for Justice (ACJ) program. ACJ is a regional judicial development program implemented by ABA ROLI and funded by the U.S. Department...
Justice and Security Diagnostic ‐ Bangui, Central African Republic (2017)
This report presents the results of a detailed diagnostic study of public perceptions of the justice and security sectors in the Central African Republic (CAR) conducted in fall 2016. Published in 2017. Based on interviews with 2,650 adult residents of the city of...
Annual Report 2017: American Bar Association Rule of Law
ABA ROLI MISSION: Our mission is to promote justice, economic opportunity and human dignity through the rule of law. ABA ROLI PRINCIPLES: Partnership - We employ a highly consultative approach to the delivery of independent, professional technical assistance, working with justice sector...
When People Flee: Rule of Law and Forced Migration
This paper explores the complex relationship between the rule of law and forced migration. It highlights the ways in which rule of law development can strengthen—and potentially transform—the response to the global displacement crisis. The paper focuses on the people who are...
Search for Common Ground’s Evaluations and Reports: October – November 2018
The following post highlights a collection of Search for Common Ground‘s evaluations and reports. To access the full evaluations and reports, please click on the titles of the resource. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Final Evaluation: Conflict management and prevention in Tanganyika and...