

Policy Recommendations
A growing disregard for the conditions that form the foundations of democracy—including respect for the rights of minorities and migrants, space for critical dissent, and commitment to the rule of law—threatens to destabilize the democratic order. These and many other issues pose a threat to democracy around the world.
Freedom House Policy Recommendations

Strengthening Democracy
Democracies should work to support their core principles at home and around the world. Neglecting to tie democratic principles to foreign policy leaves democracies vulnerable to interference from authoritarian regimes.

Internet Freedom
The future of privacy, free expression, and democratic governance rests on the decisions we make today. Explore Freedom House's recommendations on internet freedom, election integrity, and preventing abusive social media surveillance.

Democratic Governance in Europe and Eurasia
To counter the democratic breakdown recorded by the Nations in Transit report, democracies, especially the United States and European Union member states, should work to protect democratic values and human rights.

Democracy in Pandemic
Freedom House calls on governments, civil society organizations, and donors to protect political rights and civil liberties during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

Combatting Corruption & Kleptocracy
The rise of modern authoritarianism has been accompanied by an expansion in corruption and kleptocracy, posing a significant threat to democracy around the world.

China's Global Influence
The Chinese government’s efforts to tighten control at home and expand authoritarian tactics abroad present a threat to global democracy.

NEW: Recommendations from Nations in Transit
If the international democratic community is to stem the spread of authoritarianism and defend and strengthen fundamental freedoms, like-minded leaders must seize this pivotal moment to undertake creative, multilateral, and sustained policy solutions in the face of extraordinary challenges. Read more from the 2022 edition of Nations in Transit.

Featured Recommendations: Nurturing Global Democracy
Global democracy has receded under pressure from authoritarian forces over the past 16 years. To help turn the tide, democratic governments and the private sector should cultivate opportunities for progress, hold dictators to account for corruption and rights abuses, and strengthen democratic institutions at home.

Featured Recommendations: Protecting Internet Freedom
Global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year in 2021. See what policymakers, companies, and civil society can do to help.

ANALYSIS: Transnational Repression
Freedom House policy recommendations on combatting transnational repression are intended to constrain the ability of states to commit individual acts of transnational repression and to increase accountability for perpetrators.

Featured Initiative
Learn more about the new Task Force on US Strategy to Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism.
Policy Briefs & Analysis
Testimony and Remarks

Leveraging Targeted Sanctions in Defense of Religious Freedom
Testimony and remarks
November 11, 2021

Freedom House Statement for the Record: Hearing on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights
Testimony and remarks
November 11, 2021
Advocacy Letters & Joint Statements

UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis
Joint statement
April 19, 2022

Permanent Global Magnitsky Act Will Ensure Perpetrators Face Consequences
Joint statement
April 12, 2022

Freedom House, Human Rights First, 56 Organizations Urge Congress to Reauthorize & Strengthen Global Magnitsky Act
Joint statement
March 23, 2022

Civil society to U.S. government: Do not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus
Joint statement
March 10, 2022