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Els primers resultats de les eleccions escoceses apunten a una victòria de l SNP
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En Ecosse, le rêve indépendantiste à l épreuve du Covid
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Scottish election tops key electoral week in UK
Updated / Monday, 3 May 2021
11:27
London Correspondent
This is a big electoral week in the UK, with voting of some kind taking everywhere, except in Northern Ireland.
Of course, the big one is the Scottish Parliamentary election, in which the Scottish National Party is seeking an electoral mandate to demand another referendum on Scottish independence.
And there is an election to the Welsh Senedd, in which constitutional issues are much higher up the agenda than in any previous vote.
Then there is the London Assembly election, 13 directly elected Mayors (including London), 39 police and crime commissioners, and around 5,000 councillors in 143 English councils.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has reinforced or compounded conflict, human rights violations, disinformation efforts, gender inequality and societal fractures. The emerging post-pandemic world risks being more violent and less democratic. Geopolitical tensions and unilateral action have increased, while the need for collective action has become clearer than ever. The 2021 Stockholm Forum will explore novel approaches and solutions to promoting peace in the age of compound political, social, economic and environmental risks reinforced by Covid-19.
Emergency law responses to Covid-19 have affected peace and transition processes in predictable and unpredictable ways.
International IDEA, together with the Political Settlements Research Programme and the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law (University of Edinburgh), will host a session that will look at the consequences for levels of violent conflict and democratic consolidation. The discussion will be ar
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This post looks at emergency law responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in conflict-affected states in transition. While some type of emergency response to Covid-19 has been used in most states, we suggest that conflict ‘fault lines’ can mean that emergency law responses have a capacity to undermine transitions.
Disclaimer:
Views expressed in this commentary are those of the authors. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.
We suggest four key areas of concern:
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