On Wednesday 3rd April 2024 in stark violation of the Ugandan Constitution and Uganda’s obligations arising from the African Charter and the UN international law architecture, Uganda’s Supreme Court upheld the validity of the new Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which imposes the death penalty on LGBTQI+ individuals  for being just “who they are”, strips them of their rights as citizens and censors the work of civil society organisations undertaking human rights based advocacy and healthcare working in Uganda.  ..read more

Liberal International welcomed former Cambodian freedom fighter and leader of the Khmer Movement for Democracy (KMD) Mu Sochua to its headquarters in London this week. Former parliamentarian and political prisoner, Mu Sochua, introduced the KMD and the work the movement is pursuing for the future development of democracy in Cambodia during meetings with LI Vice President, Dr Phillip Bennion and ALDE Vice President, Baroness Brinton together with LI Secretary General, William Townsend and Human Rights Programme Officer, Mariam Ghibradze ..read more

Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, very few concrete actions have been taken to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, as they continue to rise steadily. The global stocktake in 2023 indicates that we are not on track to meet the goals set by the agreement ..read more

On March 14, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life Martin Andreasson joined the Chief of Staff and spokesperson for the President of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea Nadia Nahman for a discussion moderated by the Chairperson of Liberal International’s Human Rights Committee Astrid Thors. The discussion was held around CSW68 and the future of women’s prosperity in the context of promoting gender responsive budgeting ..read more

The bureau of Liberal International has unanimously nominated veteran Swedish politician Birgitta Ohlsson for its highest political honour, the Hans van Baalen Medal of Liberalism ..read more

On March 18, President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili hosted Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg in Tbilisi. During the meeting they discussed Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and the progress that has been achieved so far ..read more

The bureau of Liberal International stands in solidarity with Russia's liberal party, Yabloko, and with all Russians who seek an alternative for their country grounded in the values of liberalism. We are deeply troubled that the result, which is said to have seen Mr. Putin win close to a 90% share of the vote, will legitimise the conceit that leads to a mobilization of thousands more Russians to fight President Putin’s illegal wars abroad while sanctioning greater crackdowns at home, all the time fostering deeper confrontation with the liberal-democratic West ..read more

Liberal International submitted an oral statement at the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council expressing deep concern over the democracy crisis in Venezuela. The oral statement was delivered by the member of the European Parliament from RENEW group, Jordi Cañas Pérez ..read more

On March 4, National Democratic Institute Director Lauren Van Metre joined Liberal International President Hakima El-Haité for a discussion moderated by former Swedish Minister of European Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson on COP28 and the future of climate policies and democracy.   ..read more

In anticipation of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Liberal International and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) are organising our webinar, “Empower Sheconomy: Impact of Gender-Responsive Budgeting on Women’s Prosperity ..read more