Rehumanising Democracy: Public Discourse, Democratic Health and Civic Renewal
International Day of Democracy · Tuesday 15 September 2026 · 14:00–15:30 UTC · Online
London 15:00 · Geneva 16:00 · Sofia 17:00 · Karachi 19:00 · New York 10:00
Convened by the Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
An expert policy dialogue on how the quality of public discourse can reveal democratic strain before it hardens into institutional crisis, and on what a proportionate response looks like while there is still time for one. Drawing on the Democracy Discourse Index and evidence from Bulgaria, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, the session brings scholars, practitioners and international officials into a single conversation about the relational foundations of democratic renewal.
Keynote Dr Jon-Hans Coetzer, UNITAR
Opening perspective Dr Margee M. Ensign, Chair, GCRD Board
With Peter de Clercq (former UN ASG), Professor Stef Pukallus, Dr Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, Professor Lyubomir Stefanov, Professor Wajiha Raza Rizvi and Alexandra Severino
Moderator Dr Antonio Garcia