Club de Madrid Articles

Robinson, Kufuor and Freiberga call to Action on Climate Change

  To all Heads of State and Government,   When you assumed the responsibility of leading your country, like us, the 97 democratic, former Heads of State and Government, Members of the Club de Madrid, you committed yourself to foster justice, progress and the...

“Why we can not fully celebrate”, a Club de Madrid Op-Ed about the quality of Democracy

WHY WE CAN’T FULLY CELEBRATE  Members of the Club de Madrid express concern on International Democracy Day The spread of democracy around the world has undoubtedly been one of the major political achievements of the 20th century. The 2011 uprisings in Tunisia and...

Club de Madrid launches Next Generation Democracy to respond to signals of democratic decline

Although the world is celebrating today the International Day of Democracy, the fact is that, we can not fully celebrate: while the number of democratic countries in the world rose significantly during the XX Century, signals of democratic decline in representative...

The Shared Societies principles & the Post-2015 Development Agenda

During the last months, the Club de Madrid has been following very closely the Post-2015 Development Agenda Process and the design of the Sustainable Development Goals. Within this process we have been advocating for the Shared Societies Principles and we are...

Ricardo Lagos launches in Myanmar a book on democratic transitions

In the publication, former leaders recount the transition from authoritarian state to a more open, democratic society that their countries went through. Among other Club de Madrid Members participating in this publication, B. J. Habibie shares his thoughts on Indonesia’s transition from a...

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