Democracy is under attack.
Across the world, authoritarian leaders are getting organized to capture the courts, criminalize the opposition, and rig the rules to hold onto power.
But the institutions that were once designed to observe the democratic process are now unfit to address this global crisis.
In some cases, like the Organization of American States, these institutions have actively intervened to disrupt democratic elections in countries like Haiti and Bolivia.
The time has come to build an alternative — a global observatory with the legal expertise, data science, and parliamentary power to track the attacks on our democratic institutions and provide a real-time defense against them.
Democracy is under attack.
Across the world, authoritarian leaders are getting organized to capture the courts, criminalize the opposition, and rig the rules to hold onto power.
But the institutions that were once designed to observe the democratic process are now unfit to address this global crisis.
In some cases, like the Organization of American States, these institutions have actively intervened to disrupt democratic elections in countries like Haiti and Bolivia.
The time has come to build an alternative — a global observatory with the legal expertise, data science, and parliamentary power to track the attacks on our democratic institutions and provide a real-time defense against them.
Capacities
Delegations: Organizing International delegations to observe elections in critical country cases.
Analysis: Developing rapid-response data analysis of the electoral outcomes.
Investigations: Launching investigations of unlawful interventions in the democratic process.
Communications: Building a global network to fight disinformation with findings from our research.
Capacities
Delegations: Organizing International delegations to observe elections in critical country cases.
Analysis: Developing rapid-response data analysis of the electoral outcomes.
Investigations: Launching investigations of unlawful interventions in the democratic process.
Communications: Building a global network to fight disinformation with findings from our research.
Experience
Since its launch, the PI has mobilized delegations to countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Perú, and Brazil — and seen major victories in defense of democracy.
In Bolivia, we worked with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to support the people of Bolivia as they reclaimed their democracy after a year of de facto government.
In Ecuador, we mounted a successful challenge to legal efforts to bar the leading opposition candidate from running in the 2021 presidential elections.
In Perú, we deployed data science to fight disinformation about electoral fraud and prevent a legal coup against the democratically elected president.
Experience
Since its launch, the PI has mobilized delegations to countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Perú, and Brazil — and seen major victories in defense of democracy.
In Bolivia, we worked with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to support the people of Bolivia as they reclaimed their democracy after a year of de facto government.
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In Ecuador, we mounted a successful challenge to legal efforts to bar the leading opposition candidate from running in the 2021 presidential elections.
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In Perú, we deployed data science to fight disinformation about electoral fraud and prevent a legal coup against the democratically elected president.
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Endorsements
“With democracy under attack all over the world, it’s more vital than ever that we defend and extend institutions of popular rule and champion universal human rights. That’s why I’m proud to support the Progressive International’s Observatory, which has already stood up for transparency, fairness and democracy in Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Peru and Brazil.”
Jeremy Corbyn
“With democracy under attack all over the world, it’s more vital than ever that we defend and extend institutions of popular rule and champion universal human rights. That’s why I’m proud to support the Progressive International’s Observatory, which has already stood up for transparency, fairness and democracy in Bolivia, Ecuador, Turkey, Peru and Brazil.”
Jeremy Corbyn
"Brazil is at a critical juncture. We are witnessing the most powerful attacks on our institutions since the return of democracy. But Brazil is not alone. A democratic crisis is spreading across our region and around the globe. Now more than ever, we need an institution to observe, protect, and defend our right to free and fair elections. The launch of the Progressive International Observatory is a source of hope here in Brazil and around the world."
Fernando Haddad
"Brazil is at a critical juncture. We are witnessing the most powerful attacks on our institutions since the return of democracy. But Brazil is not alone. A democratic crisis is spreading across our region and around the globe. Now more than ever, we need an institution to observe, protect, and defend our right to free and fair elections. The launch of the Progressive International Observatory is a source of hope here in Brazil and around the world."
Fernando Haddad
"Democracy is a fragile plant, always under threat, all too easily uprooted, as we have seen all too painfully. Today the threat is severe from a resurgent proto-fascist right. One device is to sow doubts about integrity of elections. Another is the time-honored method of imposing devices that effectively exclude voters who will impede the power grab by the most reactionary forces. The formation of the Electoral Observatory should create a badly needed barrier to these destructive tendencies."
Noam Chomsky
"Democracy is a fragile plant, always under threat, all too easily uprooted, as we have seen all too painfully. Today the threat is severe from a resurgent proto-fascist right. One device is to sow doubts about integrity of elections. Another is the time-honored method of imposing devices that effectively exclude voters who will impede the power grab by the most reactionary forces. The formation of the Electoral Observatory should create a badly needed barrier to these destructive tendencies."
Noam Chomsky
"In response to the global nexus of anti-people forces, it is imperative that we reclaim technology, information and monitoring to work for us – the people of the Global South. Technology has been used with the intent of centralising controls, and has too often worked for corporate and authoritarian regimes and interests. State surveillance and persecution of progressive forces and those fighting for people's rights has become the new normal. It is critical, in this embattled international fascist scenario, to set up the PI Observatory, to counter this narrative and defend progressive movements."
Aruna Roy
"In response to the global nexus of anti-people forces, it is imperative that we reclaim technology, information and monitoring to work for us – the people of the Global South. Technology has been used with the intent of centralising controls, and has too often worked for corporate and authoritarian regimes and interests. State surveillance and persecution of progressive forces and those fighting for people's rights has become the new normal. It is critical, in this embattled international fascist scenario, to set up the PI Observatory, to counter this narrative and defend progressive movements."
Aruna Roy
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