In This Issue

IFES paid tribute to two men who have dedicated themselves to promoting democracy and human rights with the 2007 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award.… read more »

Iraq is at a “critical juncture” and needs the support of international nongovernmental organizations that promote democracy and peace, said Faraj Merza Latif Al-Haidari, chairman of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq.… read more »

For Chinese judges Lang Guimei and Du Qiang, 2007 was a summer to remember. The judges from the Supreme People's Court of China spent nine weeks in the United States as part of IFES' new Judicial Exchange Program.… read more »

Elizabeth Côté, IFES’ chief of party in Guinea, believes she is watching democratic history unfold in the West African country. After almost a quarter century of rule by President Lansana Conte, thousands of Guineans rose up earlier this year in unprecedented street protests… read more »

IFES and Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council, known as the CSE, are beginning a pilot program to conduct a census of citizens with disabilities in 35 municipalities around the country… read more »