Evaluating the Evaluators: Media Freedom Indexes and What...
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
John Burgess discussed his new CIMA report, Evaluating the Evaluators: Media Freedom Indexes and What They Measure, which examines the strengths and shortcomings of media freedom indexes-in particular IREX's Media Sustainability Index, Freedom House's Freedom of the Press, and Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index- and offers recommendations to improve these and other studies.
Working to End Torture in Liberia
Liberia is moving beyond war atrocities, blood diamonds and drug trafficking as NED grantee Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) helps shift the national focus towards a more democratic future. After lengthy preparation...
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER: Forward or Backward in the Balkans?
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Two lively panels: one examining what has happened over the past 15 years in terms of transitional justice in the Balkans, and the other discussing the challenges ahead for Bosnia’s democratic transition.
Democracy Service Medal Presentation to the Honorable Vin...
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
The National Endowment for Democracy honored its former Chairman Vin Weber with the presentation of the Democracy Service Medal at a Capitol Hill ceremony on July 20, 2010.
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