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© 2006 Right to Democracy Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Austria

© 2006 “Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government…” Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Right to Democracy

© 2006 History ►Democracy:“demos” - Greek for “People” “kratos” - Greek for “Power” ►17th century: principles of Modern Democracy develop in Scotland, England and Holland ►1776: first democratic state established in the USA ►20th century: democracy in crisis, authoritarian regimes, long and strenuous decolonisation process Right to Democracy

© 2006 Elements Right to Democracy DEMOCRACY Division of Powers Equality Political Pluralism Rule of law and Fair Trial Participation Majority rule and Minority rights Commitment to HR Free and Fair Elections

© 2006 Forms of Democracy Right to Democracy The people Direct Democracy Reality: Mixed Forms of Democracy Representative Democracy Presidential democracy Parliamentary democracy

© 2006 Intercultural Perspectives ►Euro-Centrism is criticized ►Asian Values: society models do influence the kind of democracy implemented, often very different, especially in Asia => clash of models ►Challenge of Democracy in the Muslim world: religion and state are closely connected, poses problems in various fields ►Other fields of interests: freedom of the media, relationship between majority and minority, link with human rights Right to Democracy

© 2006 Implementation and Monitoring ►Regional Courts such as the European Court of Human Rights ►OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights: election monitoring… ►Inter-Parliamentary Union: founded in 1889, facilitates networking between parliaments ►UNDP Human Development Report includes data on democracy ►CPPR: Committee on Civil and Political may consider state as well as individual complaints. Right to Democracy

© 2006 Trends ►Democracy is on the rise (see Human Security Report 2005) ►Women’s participation has increased by 40% over the past 10 years ►Misuse of democratic instruments is a challenge: e.g. use of the internet to disseminate ideas not compatible with democracy (e.g. Ku-Klux-Klan) ►Globalisation: contra-events to WTO or G8-Summits => World Social Forum ►Democracy deficit in International Organisations Right to Democracy