The world’s first independent body for democracy – GOLD stands for Global Organization for Liberal Democracies. It operates primarily outside democratic societies, where even more effort is needed to promote and communicate our democratic values. At present, there is no independent global advocate for democracy, no organization that serves as a credible defender of democratic values by openly addressing flaws within individual democratic societies and standing for the right path. In the absence of such an independent organization, people in non-democratic states must rely on individual democratic countries and, in cases of doubt, on their perceived or actual shortcomings. Example: the violation of international law in U.S. attacks. Democracies themselves can therefore become a risk to the democratization of (still) non-democratic societies. What is missing is: GOLD. The Global Organization for Liberal Democracies.