Thinking Democratically: A Comprehensive Approach to Countering and Preventing Shrinking Space

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Written by Ruth-Marie Henckes and Ken Godfrey with input from Evelyn Mantoiu, Heleen Schrooyen, Wouter Dol, Danilo Miranda Baires (El Salvador), Irakli Kobalia (Georgia), Luis Fernando Mack (Guatemala), Eugenio Sosa (Honduras), Professor Hurriyah (Indonesia), Kennedy Masime (Kenya), Hugo Knoppert (Zimbabwe). © May 2020 European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) EPD publications are independent of specific national or political interests. This publication can be downloaded at www.epd.eu EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRACY (EPD) The European democracy support network Rue Froissart 123-133 1040 Bruxelles +32 2 733 2282 info@epd.eu
TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures 4 Executive Summary 5 1 Introduction 8 2 Strategies for closing democratic space 11 2.1 Closing Civic Space 13 2.2 Creating an uneven playing field 20 2.3 Rule of law, separation of powers and impunity 26 3 Main Actors 31 3.1 Political parties’ contested role 31 3.2 Citizen and civil society pushback 34 3.3 Other non-state actors: business, violent gangs and organised crime 37 3.4 Russia, China and regional authoritarian influence 37 3.5 International donors 39 4 Conclusion 40 5 Recommendations 48 6 Annexes: summaries of country case studies 52 6.1 Kenya 52 6.2 El Salvador 53 6.3 Indonesia 54 6.4 Georgia 55 6.5 Honduras 56 6.6 Guatemala 56 6.7 Zimbabwe 57 6.8 Europe 58 3
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Page 27 and 28: While most countries’ constitutio
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petitions; awareness creation; stre
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6.4 Georgia In Georgia, civic space
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