[EN] Democracy and the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Reflection of the Bali Civil Society and Media Forum 2020

COVID-19 has caused immense human suffering since it appears in 2020. The health crisis is still not under control since infection numbers are rising globally. But the pandemic has also inflicted a tremendous human cost in many other mutual interlinked ways like a long-term debt cycle, an SMEs recession wave, unemployment, increasing poverty as well as further rising inequality, and by this affecting even more those who are already vulnerable. 13th Bali Democracy Forum overarching topic” Democracy and the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Indonesian, regional and international experts discussed how democracy could be preserved in this unprecedented and challenging times and how
democracy could play an important role to assist societies in responding, recovering and building resilience within this multidimensions crisis, which is a challenge and imposition for democratic standards and democratic culture worldwide.