The  7th Assembly of World Movement of Democracy  took place  on 14-17 October in Lima ( Peru). It’s overarching topic was “ Democracy for all: Ensuring Political, Social and Economic Inclusion” and it brought together near 500 participants from different continents of the world – representatives of both NGOs and international organizations.  It was opened and led  by the Chair of the World Movement Steering Committee Right Honorable  Kim Campbell  Chair of the Former -Prime Minister of Canada. The 7th assembly  was devoted to the recent  global trends of democracy development,...


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Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 16th Session of the UPR Working Group REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN Submitted 9 October 2012   Joint Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC   and Center for National and International Studies (CNIS)          CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation          Mr Mandeep Tiwana, Email mandeep.tiwana@civivus.org Ms Renate Bloem, Email renate.bloem@gmail.com Tel +27 11 8335959, Web www.civicus.org   Center for National and International...


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This book is the third in the series of CNIS publications devoted to a comparative perspective on the identity, policy and relations of the two Turkic states that share a common border and are located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. While the aim of the first volume was to put the current political developments in these two states into a historical perspective – the period of state and democracy-building which resulted in creation of democratic parliamentary republics in the early 20th century - the second focused on the post-Cold-War search for identity in Turkey and Azerbaijan. This...


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The In­ternational Renaissance Foundation in cooperation with the Open Society Institute-Brussels has published the results of the 2012 European Integration Indexfor Eastern Partnership Countries (EaP Index). The Index tracks progress of six Eastern Partnership countries towards integration with the European Union. First published in 2011, the Index appears annually and provides a nuanced and transparent comparative cross-country overview. The results of the 2012 Index confirm the trends ob­served a year before. Moldova remains the most willing reformer in the region, followed by Georgia. Ukraine...


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The  way of promotion of  women rights inAzerbaijanandTurkeywas the main topic of the conference held by the Center for National and International Studies in Lahij settlement, Ismayilli region. Dr. Leila Alieva stressed in her opening remarks, that one of the first decrees of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918 was the Law on equal voting rights of men and women, which was earlier than in some European states.According to   one of the  surveys   Finland has been chosen by the respondents as the  most preferred country to live in. Leila Alieva further mentioned, “Indeed it might...


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