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Report Was Edited by Art Kaufman, Senior Director of the World Movement for Democracy, and Produced by the World Movement for Democracy Secretariat Staff The Seventh Assembly LIMA , PERU OCTOBER 14–17, 2012 Democracy for All: Ensuring Political, Social, and Economic Inclusion Steering Committee Members Mariclaire Acosta – Mexico Maina Kiai – Kenya Antoine Bernard – France Dismas Kitenge – Dem. Rep. of Congo Igor Blaževic – Czech Republic Radwan Masmoudi – Tunisia Francesca Bomboko – Dem. Rep. of Congo* Reginald Matchaba-Hove – Zimbabwe Ladan Boroumand – Iran Matteo Mecacci – Italy Kim Campbell – Canada (Chair) George Mathew – India* Kavi Chongkittavorn – Thailand Inna Pidluska – Ukraine* Michael Danby – Australia Jacqueline Pitanguy – Brazil* Ron Deibert – Canada Carlos Ponce – Venezuela Melinda Quintos de Jesús – The Philippines* Gina Romero – Colombia Alicja Derkowska – Poland Vladimir Ryzhkov – Russia Han Dongfang – China* Hans Tippenhauer – Haiti Hannah Forster – The Gambia Roel von Meijenfeldt – The Netherlands* David French – United Kingdom Yevgeniy Zhovtis – Kazakhstan Hualing Fu – China *Term expired at the close of the Seventh Assembly Carl Gershman – United States (ex officio) Ana Gomes – Portugal Secretariat: Paul Graham – South Africa National Endowment for Democracy Tanya Hamada – The Philippines Art Kaufman Bambang Harymurti – Indonesia Senior Director Hisham Kassem – Egypt Asma Khader – Jordan Steering Committee members seen with Secretariat staff at the World Movement’s Seventh Assembly in Lima, Peru, in October 2012. ISBN - 978-0-9890025-9-2 TableSection of Contents Opener About the World Movement For Democracy 4 Message from the Steering Committee 5 Welcoming Remarks, Presentations, and Official Opening Welcoming Remarks Chair, World Movement Steering Committee: The Rt Hon Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada 6 Conveners of Host Country CSO Consortium: Glatzer Tuesta Altamirano, Legal Defense Institute (Peru) 7 Luz María Helguero, Civil Association on Transparency (Peru) 8 Presentations 2011 Nobel Laureate, Tawakkol Karman, Women Journalists without Chains (Yemen) 9 Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law and member (Kazakhstan), World Movement Steering Committee 11 Glanis Changachirere, Institute for Young Women Development (Zimbabwe) 13 Official Opening of the Assembly The Hon Rafael Roncagliolo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru 14 Democracy Courage Tributes Presentations and John B. Hurford Memorial Dinner 17 Youth Movement Photo Contest Winners 20 Cultural Evening, hosted by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima and Mayor Susana Villarán de la Puente 21 Democracy Fair 22 Technology Trainings 23 The material in this report was edited by Art Kaufman, Senior Director of the World Movement for Democracy, and produced by the World Movement for Democracy Secretariat staff Special thanks to Ryota Jonen, Senior Manager; Cecilia Andersen, Project Manager; Dana O’Leary, Project Officer; Christopher Thurau and Ishraga Eltahir, Project Assistants; Karin Cannock, Temporary Event Manager; and Emma Dekker, Local Coordinator © National Endowment for Democracy, Secretariat of the World Movement for Democracy 2013 www.wmd.org 1 Reports Democracy for All: Ensuring Political, Social, and Economic Inclusion PLENARY SEssION Democracy for All: Ensuring Political, Social, and Economic Inclusion 25 PANEL DISCUssION Peru’s Experience in Democracy 26 WORKSHOps Democratic Transitions and the Inclusion of Women: Perspectives from the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America 28 How Does Inclusive Economic Growth Support Democratic Participation? 29 Freedom of Religion and Social Inclusion: Linkages and Strategies 30 Sexual Minority Rights: Confronting Attacks on Freedom of Association, Assembly, and Expression 32 Party Efforts to Develop and Implement Inclusive and Responsive Politics 34 Addressing Political, Social, and Economic Inequality: Workers, Unions, and Support Organizations Joining Together in Advocacy 35 Resolving Tensions between Extractive Industry and Local Communities: How to Build Trust within a Democratic Context? 37 How to Make Public Participation in Democratic Processes Meaningful? 38 Addressing Ethnic Divides: Preventing Conflict through Democratic Inclusion 39 Youth Engagement and Empowerment WORKSHOps What Can be Done to Empower Youth through Economic Inclusion? 42 World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) 43 How to Channel Negative Expressions of Disaffected Youth into Constructive Activism? 45 Democracy Education: Building a Culture of Tolerance 47 Building Democracy Movements WORKSHOps Building Democracy Movements: How to Enlist the Broader Public through Education and the Media? 49 Realizing the Vision of the International Women’s Democracy Network (IWDN) 50 How Networks Promote Shared Principles, Best Practices, and Solidarity in Citizen Election Monitoring 52 Building Democracy Movements: Moving from Online to Offline for Effective Activism 55 Preparing Civil Society for the Potential of Breakthrough Elections 57 Defending Civil Society PLENARY SESSION Preventing Backsliding from Democracy: The Role of Civil Society 59 2 WORLD MOVEMENT for DEMOCRACY Lima, Peru October 14–17, 2012 PANEL DISCUssION Defending Civil Society: Addressing Threats to Freedom of Association and Assembly Online 61 WORKSHOPS Defending Civil Society: How to Work in Legally Repressive Environments? 62 Defending Journalists under Attack: What are the Best Strategies? 64 The Defending Civil Society Toolkit—Tips for Engaging in NGO Law Reform 65 Challenges in Democracy Assistance: Confronting the New Authoritarianism 68 Collaborating to Protect Human Rights Defenders: Assessing Current Needs and Strategies 70 Making Democracy Sustainable PANEL DISCUssIONS The Changing Role of Civil Society in Transitions to Democracy: The Case of Egypt 72 The Changing Role of Civil Society in Transitions to Democracy: The Case of Burma 74 WORKSHOps From Leading Civil Society to Serving in Government: What are the Challenges and Opportunities? 77 Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI): Enhancing the Policy Impact of Democracy Research 79 Enhancing Government Transparency and Accountability through Technology Platforms 81 Money and Politics: Combatting Electoral Corruption 84 Using Citizen-Led Assessments of Local Democracy to Advance Reforms 85 Civic Education: It’s not Just about Voting 87 Challenges in Established Democracies and How to Address Them 88 Addressing the Corruptive Effects of Transnational Criminal Networks on Democratic Institutions and Civil Society Efforts to Build Democracy 89 Independent Media in New Democracies: The Roles of Conventional and Citizen Journalism 91 Regional Workshops Building an Asian Regional Network for Democracy and Human Rights 92 Fostering Cross-Border Work: Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities 94 The Soviet Legacy: How should Civil Society Respond to Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia? 95 Strengthening Regional Mechanisms to Build Democracy in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean 97 How can Civil Society provide Effective Input into Transitions to Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? 99 Participants 101 Press 110 Assembly Support 112 www.wmd.org 3 About the World Movement for Democracy he World Movement for Democracy is a global net- relations and provides illustrative examples of the work of democrats, including activists, practitio- ways in which those principles are being violated. The Tners, scholars, policy makers, and funders, who World Movement and ICNL also recently released a have come together to cooperate in the promotion of new interactive Toolkit for Civil Society that provides democracy. tips, tools, strategies, and other information for orga- nizations and activists working to reform legal frame- In 1999, we held our first global Assembly in New works in their respective countries. This project led to Delhi, India, and have continued to organize assem- the creation of the Community of Democracies’ Work- blies in different global regions. We also conduct a ing Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society variety of projects to defend civil society and facilitate in which the World Movement participates along with networking among participants. ICNL and other civil society organizations, as well as Goals a number of democratic governments. The World Movement aims to: ➤➤ Civic Space Initiative. In 2012, we launched the Civic ➤➤ Strengthen democracy where it is weak Space Initiative in collaboration with ICNL, Article ➤➤ Defend democracy where it is longstanding 19, and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Partici- ➤➤ Bolster pro-democracy groups in non-democratic pation. The initiative seeks to protect and expand civic countries space by supporting the work of the UN Special Rap- Leadership porteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly, pro- We are led by a distinguished international Steering ducing a series of videos profiling civil society activists Committee chaired by The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, to help educate broader publics about the work of de- former prime minister of Canada. Our day-to-day mocracy and human rights organizations, and other operations are managed by a Secretariat located at activities. the Washington, DC-based National Endowment for Participation Democracy (NED). We welcome all networks, groups, and individuals Projects who share the principles and values in our Founding ➤➤ World Movement Assemblies. Global assemblies of- Statement as participants in the World Movement for fer World Movement participants the opportunity to Democracy. take stock of the accomplishments they have made and Connecting Democracy Activists
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