The Carter Center supported The Gambia Ministry of Justice and Bar Association to raise awareness about the growing democracy’s transitional justice process. In Sierra Leone, the Center helped people in the justice sector implement the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Act by assessing gender biases in courts, drafting policy guidance, and conducting outreach campaigns. Strengthening its commitment to data-driven advocacy and collaboration between government and civil society, the Center assisted gender-based-violence first responders in Sierra Leone to harmonize their data collection and management practices. In Costa Rica, the Center trained 21 law enforcement personnel to teach a new mandatory training course on gender-sensitive policing, which they subsequently delivered to 120 police cadets. Amid political upheaval in Bangladesh, the Center engaged commissions to prioritize marginalized voices in the reform process and ensure equitable access to information throughout the transition. A joint Rule of Law and Mental Health programs survey of more than 1,300 people in the Atlanta area found that 76% support having someone other than police respond to calls involving people experiencing homelessness or mental health issues.

In May, The Carter Center convened more than 60 attendees for the 13th Human Rights Defenders Forum, themed “Unchanging Principles for Changing Times,” and launched ACCELERATE, which provides financial and technical support to human rights defenders. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Center launched the Climate and Environmental Justice Initiative to ensure that mineral extraction benefits the Congolese people and continued human rights monitoring amid growing unrest. The Center supported Indigenous and women environmental rights defenders and commemorated the 10th anniversary of President Carter’s book “A Call to Action,” including by advocating during the U.N. General Assembly for an optional protocol to reduce violence against women. In the U.S., the Center partnered with local human rights commissions to promote global human rights norms and addressed racial inequity through community-driven racial repair initiatives in former Confederate states. In response to the devastation in Gaza, the Center provided financial support to Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups and convened key partners, including The Elders, to foster solidarity and consensus.

The inaugural Jimmy Carter Forum was convened in January to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of U.S.-China relations. American and Chinese experts participated in panel discussions on different dimensions of the U.S.-China diplomatic, military, and economic relationship. The Ninth Young Scholars Forum on U.S.-China Relations was held in May in San Diego in cooperation with the University of California San Diego’s 21st Century China Center. The Carter Center published “Modernizing Sino-U.S. Confidence-Building Measures: Cold War Case Studies and Chinese Perspectives,” part of a series that examines how rising Sino-American tensions have prompted widespread discussion of a “New Cold War.” Analysts increasingly worry that flashpoints in the relationship could trigger conventional war that could escalate to the nuclear domain. The Center’s U.S.-China Perception Monitor websites, in both English and Chinese, continue to attract wide readership.

Through this campaign, The Carter Center partners with city leaders around the globe to help cities provide women with information about beneficial city services. In 2024, the Center continued to support 35 cities that have received grants. As some cities completed implementation of services, they reported the impact of the campaign. For example, in Montevideo, Uruguay, 5,000 women received services related to gender-based violence. Staff in Birmingham, England, created a video to raise awareness of available domestic violence services, resulting in a 36% increase in visits to their website. Finally, in Bogota, Colombia, the city focused on municipal services available for women caregivers. The city provided services to 2,400 new women caregivers and increased awareness of their available services from 20% of the target population to more than 50%.

The Carter Center continued support for the implementation of Colombia’s 2016 peace accord with a technical secretariat of expertise for the High Commissioner of Peace and the Minister of the Interior. A Carter Center staff member spoke at an United Nations General Assembly sidebar on the “Urgent Situation in Venezuela,” convened by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Center’s technical election observation mission in July 2024. Fifty countries signed a joint resolution calling for the Maduro government to release the official results of the July 28 presidential election.