International Council for Democracy

International Council for Democracy Conseil international pour la démocratie
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Location of International Council for Democracy Conseil international pour la démocratie
Administrative centre	Ashcombe, Estmere
Official languages	Gaullican, Estmerish
Member states	XX States Amathia Azmara Cassier Eldmark Estmere Gaullica Kesselbourg Marirana Montecara Piraea Tsabara (suspended) Satucin Werania
Legislature	Council
Establishment
• Ashcombe Resolution	1938
Website www.icd.org

The International Council for Democracy (ICD) is an international organization whose stated aim is to uphold and promote democracy and the rule of law both within its member states and around the world. Founded in 1938, it has 28 member-states and 3 partners. It is often considered a continuation of the Grand Alliance from the Great War.

The ICD is an official Community of Nations observer. The two organizations have a history of cooperation. However, the Community of Nations maintains no official bilateral ties with the ICD. Both bodies are given different powers by their member states. For example, the ICD has permission to monitor elections in its member states. The Community of Nations is focused on preventing conflict and upholding international law.

The headquarters of the organization are located in Ashcombe, Estmere. Estmerish and Gaullican are its two official languages.

Activities

The International Council for Democracy aims to uphold and promote democracy on the international stage. As such, many of its activities seek to bolster existing democracies and assist in the process of democratization in emerging democracies. One of its foremost activities is the organization’s annual Report on Global Democracy. The report assesses the status of democracy on a global scale in addition to measuring the state of democracy in x countries, of which x are sovereign states, x are members of the Community of Nations, and x are members of the International Council for Democracy itself. Individual states are evaluated and compared in the report’s National Democracy Index.

Monitoring elections is done through the Office for Elections and Democratic Institutions (OEDI), one of the organization's institutions. Monitors are sent out by OEDI on a short-term or long-term basis. Their deployment spans each phase of the electoral process. The monitors observe the process and report their findings to the OEDI, which in turn reports to the ICD at large. The findings are also made public.

-Work with NGOs that promote democracy and human rights -Assist in democratization

Structure

Institutions:

• Secretary-General
• The Council
• Assembly of Ministers - Foreign Ministers meeting group
• Office for Elections and Democratic Institutions
• Office for Human Rights
• Office for the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption

Associated Institutions:

• Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs
• Development Bank
• !Open Societies

Membership

Member States

State	Head of State	Year Joined	Notes
Amathia	Augstine Valeria
Azmara
Belmonte	Caetano Villa-Lobos	1938
Cassier	Jean Tremblay	1938
Eldmark	Markus Sven	1938
Estmere	Alice Roberts	1938
Gaullica	Jean Valette	1938
Caldia	Kenneth IV	1952
Imagua and the Assimas	Edmondo Privitera	1948	Partner from 1938 to its independence 1948
Kesselbourg	William II	1938
Marirana	Lorenzo Occhetto	1940 (1988)	Suspended 1972 Partner 1980 Readmitted 1988
Montecara	Colegio	1938
Solstiana		1938
Piraea
Satucin	Théodore I	1953
Tsabara	Atwan al-Tughluq
Vilcasuamanas	Vytautas Kaparauskas	1938 (1985)	Suspended 1965 Partner 1979 Readmitted 1985
Werania	Charlotte I	1938

Partners

State	Head of State	Year Partnered	Notes
Marolevia	Constantine II	1976
Songguo	Hongxi
Sanslumiere	Arnaud Noirenègre	1984
Vredlandia	Jakobus

Former members

• Etruria - withdrew from the Council in 2018.
• Rwizikuru - suspended from the ICD in 1959, expelled in 1964