5 November 2025 - 16.00-17.30 / Hemicycle of the Council of Europe

INTERPRETATION: FR/EN

When citizens disengage from democracy, core freedoms and checks and balances begin to erode. Participation—through voting, civil society, and political engagement—is essential to keeping democracy alive. New technologies bring both risks and opportunities for more direct, inclusive, and informed democratic participation.

This session explores whether and how tools like deliberative forums, citizen assemblies, and other forms of public engagement can break down barriers to engagement, rebuild trust, and help revive democracy.

World Forum for Democracy 2025: Plenary 2 and 3

Full screen: EN / FR / ORIGINAL

Hemicycle of the Council of Europe 5 November 2025 - 14.30-19.00
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moderator
BAYR en

Petra BAYR

Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Austria

panel
CASAS ZAMORA EN

Kevin CASAS ZAMORA

Secretary General, International IDEA

GONZALEZ URRUTIA en

Edmundo GONZALEZ URRUTIA

Sakharov Prize Laureate 2024

Venezuela

GRENET-CATALANO en

Salina GRENET-CATALANO

Director of Global Affairs at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

France

O’FLAHERTY EN

Michael O’FLAHERTY

Human Rights Commissioner, Council of Europe

SASTOQUE en

Julian SASTOQUE

Winner of the 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Prize at the Athens Democracy Forum

Colombia

17.30-19.00 - Artistic performance

by Gogol Bordello