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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to travel to Washington for a meeting with US President Joe Biden on May 9, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. However, there has been no official confirmation yet.

This meeting would mark the first time the two leaders have met at the Oval Office. Their last encounter was at the NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023.

Erdogans last formal reception at the White House was with former President Donald Trump in May 2017. Since then, the Turkish strongman is understood to have actively sought an official visit with the Biden administration.

Earlier this month, officials from both countries engaged in extensive discussions regarding the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as various bilateral matters, during meetings in Washington.

Ties between the two NATO allies have been strained in recent years amid disagreements over a range of issues, but relations have shown signs of improvement following Ankaras approval of Swedens bid to join NATO.

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At the Third Summit for Democracy in Seoul, hosted by the South Korean government, an event was held during the civil society and youth segment on March 19th to discuss the appointment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy (UNRoD).

According to assessments presented by V-Dem and International IDEA, among others, democracy continues to be threatened and authoritarianism is on the rise in many countries. At the side event, participants agreed that the proposed new UN mandate, to be set up by the Human Rights Council in Geneva, is timely and can help protect and strengthen democracy.

The events moderator David Tran, Coordinator of the Alliance for Vietnams Democracy, highlighted that the new proposal for the creation of a UNRoD mandate already enjoys international civil society support. He referred to an international statement, published last November, that by now has been endorsed by more than 150 civil society organizations, networks, think tanks and institutions, as well as over 400 individuals from across the world. The statement was presented on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2023 and is still open for signature.

According to the statement, a UNRoD in particular would undertake an institutional and structural analysis of the state of democratic rights, make recommendations for improvements, and identify best practices.

Bringing together supporters of the UNRoD proposal to discuss details and implementation, panelists included Thomas Garrett, Secretary-General of the Community of Democracies; Annika Silva-Leander, UN Representative in New York of International IDEA;Ichal Supriadi, Secretary-General of the Asia Democracy Network; Kourtney Pompi, Senior Director of the Governance Practice Area of Counterpart International;and Hong Yoo-Jung, Coordinator at the International Affairs Department of The May 18 Memorial Foundation.

In the opening remarks, Annika Silva-Leander noted that in light of the challenges faced by democracy the world over, the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy emerges as a pressing necessity, as such a mandate would provide a dedicated mechanism within the UN system to monitor, evaluate, and report on the state of democracy worldwide, thereby bolstering international efforts to safeguard and promote democratic values.

She added, however, that the current geopolitical landscape presents real challenges, as some UN Human Rights Council member states are not aligned with democratic values. She concluded that the necessity for this mandate has never been greater but the likelihood of its realization has probably never been more uncertain.

In response, Thomas Garrett pointed out that while the goal clearly is to get the mandate established, even pushing for it in itself is already worthwhile. He explained that in UN resolutions reaffirming democratic principles, the word democracy often was not used. This was in the belief it was more prudent to employ diplomatic wording in order to gather the needed numbers of supporters, he said. But even diplomatic words of avoidance were opposed by those States working against the fundamentals of democratic order, he added, so a new strategy is necessary.

The panelists concurred that democracy is a human right

A UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy, assisted by an independent advisory board, could prove to be a useful mechanism to direct spotlight into various situations around the world that require attention, Garrett noted.

The session also focused on lessons that can be drawn from the existing 58 Special Rapporteurs, 45 thematic and 13 country specific, as well as how a UNRoD could complement existing mechanisms for promoting democracy and human rights at the national, regional, and international levels.

Ichal Supriadi underscored the importance of the new mandate to potentially synchronize democracy promotion efforts with human rights mechanisms and consolidate related issues such as freedom of speech, association, transparency, and government accountability.

As part of the discussion, the panelists concurred that democracy is a human right and identified a need for it to be better included in the UNs human rights frameworks. The UNRoD could be a mechanism for this, it was said. References were made to Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As a dedicated mechanism, the UNRoD mandate was conceived as a way to address some of the UNs current shortcomings in promoting democracy.

Hong Yoo-Jung suggested that consideration should be given as to how a UNRoD mandate could contribute to making democratic rights more robust, going beyond the possibility of merely making recommendations.

Kourtney Pompi emphasized that Special Rapporteurs offer a unique opportunity to serve as a politically neutral voice, in an organization that is otherwise full of competing political interests. The Special Rapporteur role can aggregate voices, provide access and ask the tough questions that UN actors may otherwise be unable to do due to geopolitical and competing interests.

Panelists discussed how civil society organizations can leverage the establishment of a UNRoD to mobilize support for pro-democracy efforts. It was believed that civil society organizations should contribute to shaping the mandate and priorities of a UNRoD to help advance their advocacy for democracy.

The third Summit for Democracy, building on the momentum of the previous editions, gathered over 800 government officials, representatives from international organizations, academia, and civil society to discuss policy enhancements and strategic pathways under the theme of democracy for future generations. The conference offered a platform for dialogue on collaboration and collective action to safeguard democratic values, strengthen institutions, and empower citizens.

Among the topics addressed during the Summit stand out the imperative to further examine the relationship between democracy and recent technological advancements, combat corruption and disinformation, safeguard the rule of law, uphold election integrity and freedom of expression, and foster youth engagement, civic involvement, gender equality, and partnerships among democratic states.

The civil society and youth segment of the Summit featured dozens of side events facilitated by the Global Democracy Coalition. The event on the UN Special Rapporteur, hosted by Democracy Without Borders, concluded with closing remarks from moderator David Tran, whose organization Alliance for Vietnams Democracy backs the UNRoD proposal as well. He extended thanks to the attendees and called for collective effort to propel the initiative forward.

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Danielle Allen delivers her BYU forum address on Tuesday, March 26. She spoke to BYU students and faculty about becoming confident pluralists. (Megan Sibley)

Harvard professor and democracy advocate Danielle Allen taught students at the BYU forum on Tuesday, March 26 how to become confident pluralists in a world full of contentious beliefs.

Allen credited fellow academic John D. Inazu with coining the term confident pluralism, which he defined as the idea that our shared existence is not only possible, but necessary.

Allen shared her intimate exposure to a prevalence of discordant political opinions, recalling a time in her life when both her dad and her aunt were running for public office in 1992. Her dad was a Reagan Republican running for U.S. Senate in Southern California and her aunt was on the ballot as a member of the far left Peace and Freedom Party in the Bay Area. Allen said she remembers many heated discussions between the two over their familys dinner table, but she also never saw them attack each other during this intellectual sparring.

They never broke the bonds of love, Allen said.

She also realized that, despite their varied proposals for how to achieve it, they both shared a common goal: human flourishing. Allen presented her audience with a five step program which outlines how anyone can overcome differences of opinion and become a confident pluralist.

The first of the five steps is reflection. Allen asked the audience to hearken back to Socrates fundamental question: how should we live? Its through this bottom-up moral inventory that we assess the motivations for our convictions, she said.

Following that is commitment to negotiations and institutions as opposed to resorting to violence. Allen lamented violence breaking out across the country.

Theyre forgetting that the project of free self-government requires seeing that institutions are the instruments that we use for negotiating our conflicts and our differences, she said.

The third step is the commitment to compromise, which Allen emphasized doesnt mean the abandonment of core principles.

She pointed to the Declaration of Independences second sentence as a profound example of compromise, highlighting John Adams advocacy for using the pursuit of happiness instead of life, liberty, and property to address contemporary concerns about the word property and its association with slavery. This strategic language choice contributed to ending slavery in Massachusetts.

Allen then distinguished between good and bad compromises. Good compromises involve hearing the voices of those affected, as seen in Adams example, while bad compromises neglect those voices, as illustrated in a passage criticizing King George written around the same time which was edited by Congress to cut out a statement that positively affirmed the rights of people in Africa.

She underscored the importance of inclusive decision-making for confident pluralism, ensuring all affected parties have a say.

The penultimate step in her process is the commitment to listening and mirroring your counterparts message back to them before responding. Allen joked this advice could be doled out by any given marriage therapist, but reiterated the importance of understanding the opposing argument completely before you engage in debate about it, saving everyone unnecessary squabbling over misinterpretations of one another.

Allens final prescription is to never allow yourself or anyone else to hold human dignity hostage. To illustrate her point, she told of one of many instances where she received an angry, hateful email from someone, shaming her for being associated with an institution that supports antisemitism and terrorism and calling her a despicable human being.

She responded to the email with a kind direction to some writings she had published on the subject in question and suggested the sender of the harsh email read it in order to better understand her position. The hate-mailers response carried an entirely different tune, apologizing to her for lashing out and praising Allens kind response, saying, If only everyone could do the same thing, wed live in a better world.

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