November 3, 2011, 10:35 am
The Carter Center is partnering with the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology as part of “France-Atlanta 2011,” a series of 15 events being held Oct. 26-Nov. 12, designed to strengthen ties in the fields of science, economics, culture, and humanitarian work.
Nicole Kruse talks to students at Summerour Middle School in Norcross, Ga., …
March 28, 2011, 8:42 am
From April 3-6, human rights leaders and scholars will gather at The Carter Center to discuss the key challenges that women’s rights activists face and ways to work with religious, traditional, and government institutions to advance the protection of these rights.
“The idea came out of a speech that President Carter gave to the Parliament of World Religions in 2009 …
August 17, 2010, 10:26 am
A groundbreaking project to identify and foster concensus on common standards for what constitutes a genuinely democratic election is the focus of a recently-published article in Democratization by Carter Center Democracy Program Assistant Director Avery Davis-Roberts and Director David Carroll. The article’s premise–that use of public international law provides an objective basis by which to assess elections–has also led the …
April 15, 2010, 10:42 am
By Deborah Hakes
Watch Carter Center observers in Sudan as Sarah Johnson, assistant director of the Democracy Program, explains the significance of these elections and importance of having an observer presence.
April 7, 2010, 5:49 pm
By David Pottie
Recent political events in Cote d’Ivoire introduced a serious disruption, hopefully temporary, of election preparations and demonstrated how easily the West African country could slide back into conflict. Elections there have been delayed several times; The Carter Center has been the only international election observation group present during the entire process and has deployed teams of observers for different phases …
March 9, 2010, 12:15 pm
A series of experts, including Carter Center Americas Program Director Jennifer McCoy and former Latin American leaders, will convene on March 15 at Georgia State University (GSU) to analyze recent democratic crises in the region, including the Honduran coup and recent events in Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The speakers are part of the Friends of the Democratic Charter, a …
March 8, 2010, 10:07 am
By John Stremlau
In his new book, “Wars, Guns, and Votes,” Oxford economist Paul Collier argues that the international community – presumably including The Carter Center – focuses too much on holding elections and ignores the underlying problems of insecurity and lack of checks and balances essential for democratic development. Collier will discuss his concerns during a Carter Center Conversation on Wednesday from …
February 11, 2010, 4:44 pm
On the twentieth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from a South African prison, Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau writes for CNN.com that “Mandela must continue to embody the roles for South Africans that Washington, Lincoln and King serve in protecting and advancing democracy in America. And like them, Mandela’s example inspires others and has become a …
February 5, 2010, 9:23 am
By John Stremlau
The Carter Center has deep roots in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and one plagued by poisonous politics. Jimmy Carter’s 1978 visit was the first time a U.S. president visited an African state. The Carter Center has worked there since 1988 to eradicate or control neglected diseases like Guinea worm and river blindness. In 1999, the Center observed the presidential …
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