Recent years have witnessed unprecedented turmoil affecting both human and planetary well-being. Climate change, coupled with challenges such as war, poverty, digitalization, and inequality, has created a global crisis that demands immediate, decisive, and collective action. Critical to addressing...
Club de Madrid Secretary General Visits Abu Dhabi to Strengthen Engagement with UAE
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 April 2024. Club de Madrid, the independent, non-partisan, non-profit organisation created to promote good governance, global cooperation, dialogue and advocacy on issues of global concern, embarked on a visit to strengthen its relationship with the United Arab...
Michelle Bachelet becomes Vice-President of Club de Madrid and Moussa Mara joins the Board of Directors
The former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights takes over from Laura Chinchilla at the world’s largest forum of former democratic presidents and prime ministers, which Sanna Marin also joined in April 2024
Club de Madrid stands with the people of Ukraine
10th January 2023 - Video: Club de Madrid's Annual Policy Dialogue | End the war in Ukraine "End the war in Ukraine:...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world.
Club de Madrid mourns the loss of President Fidel V. Ramos
The retired general led the forces that put an end to the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos and then ensured the protection of democracy in his country and was one of the drafters of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Danilo Türk’s press conference in Geneva
Shared his reflections on the links between the war in Ukraine, multilateral peace and security mechanisms and the retreat of democracy.
Climate Proofing the Future: Adaptation, Decarbonisation, and Development
Club de Madrid Honorary Member and former UN Secretary-General (2007-2016) Ban Ki-moon will participate in a high-level dialogue on climate and development agendas with the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera.Â
Strengthening democracy for a more effective multilateralism
Club de Madrid President, Danilo Türk, participated in a panel discussion on the present and future of multilateralism
Emerging Tech & Geopolitical Challenges
Club de Madrid Members Esko Aho (Prime Minister of Finland, 1991-1995) and Zlatko Lagumdzija (Prime Minister of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2001-2002) participate in Ecosystems 2030 Summit in La Coruña (Spain)
Proposal for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Club de Madrid Member Hanna Suchocka (Prime Minister of Poland, 1992-1993) participates in the World Justice Forum, in The Hague, to explain why the world needs an International Anti-Corruption Court
40-plus former Presidents and Prime Ministers call for an International Anti-Corruption Court
Grand corruption has global dimensions and cannot be combatted by the affected countries alone.