Mapping Legislation for Citizen and International Election Observation in Europe: A Comparative Analysis on the Basis of OSCE/ODIHR Reports

Autor:	Iris O’Rourke, Armin Rabitsch, Michael Lidauer
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	International relations Scrutiny Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Political science Political Science and International Relations Electoral integrity Legislation Public administration Law Democracy media_common Accreditation
Zdroj:	Nordic Journal of Human Rights. 35:360-374
ISSN:	1891-814X 1891-8131
DOI:	10.1080/18918131.2017.1401809
Popis:	Election observation has become a common practice in international politics and is widely perceived as an instrument to maintain and safeguard electoral integrity. International and citizen election observation practices developed in parallel to provide scrutiny of electoral processes from various perspectives, and both are based on international obligations, standards, and commitments. This article analyses whether international and citizen observation is actually possible and encouraged in states with broadly perceived electoral integrity that promote election observation in other countries. The 1990 OSCE’s Copenhagen Document, which all participating states have committed to, recommends both international and citizen election observation. International election observation activities by the OSCE/ODIHR have been increasingly dedicated to European countries with established traditions of holding democratic elections. The comparative analysis offered in this article is based on 200 OSCE/ODIHR repo...
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