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Kenya: Violating the Vote: A Final Report of the 2007 General Elections, Kenya Human Rights Commission (2008)
Kenya: Voter Education and Voter Registration in Kenya, The United Nations Democracy Fund (2013)
Overview of State Obligations Relevant to Democratic Governance and Democratic Elections, The Carter Center / Democracy Reporting International (2012) This brief paper gives an overview of the extent to which states are obliged to organize themselves as a democracy and to hold genuine elections, and describes related gaps in international law. A comprehensive table summarizes the obligations and their content and meaning.
Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and Code of Conduct, United Nations (2005) The Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers were signed on October 27, 2005, at the United Nations in New York. These documents are the result of many years of talks and negotiations. International election observation plays a fundamental role in providing accurate and impartial assessments about the nature of electoral processes. The aim of this declaration is to give comprehensive and well-established standards to election observation missions all around the world. 23 international organizations and bodies signed the Declaration and the Code of Conduct. Since 2005, twelve organizations recognized and endorsed these documents worldwide.
UN Committee on Human Rights: The Right to Participate in Public Affairs, Voting Rights and the Right to Equal Access to Public Service International standards of elections adopted in 1996 by the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, General Comment 25, 1510th meeting (fifty­seventh session)
Existing Commitments for Democratic Elections in OSCE Participating States, a Progress Report A progress report on a project initiated by the OSCE/ODIHR to establish an inventory of existing election-related norms, commitments, principles, and "good practices".
IDEA: Code of Conduct for the Ethical and Professional Administration of Elections A code of conduct developed by International IDEA, designed to assist election administrators by providing general guidelines for carrying out their work, both professionally and ethically.
Standards for EMBs use of the Internet Challenging the norms and standards of election administration: Standards for EMBs use of the Internet. Draft by Mr Steven Clift. IFES.
IDEA draft code of conduct on media and elections This draft code of conduct covers obligations to individual journalists, editers and owners, political parties and candidates and election management bodies.
Reviewing the Legal Framework of Elections International electoral standards and guidelines for reviewing the legal framework of elections as it pertains to the different aspects and phases of the election
European Union: Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union This publication contains the consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, together with the annexes and protocols thereto, as they result from the amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed on 13 December 2007 in Lisbon and which entered into force on 1 December 2009. It also contains the declarations annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon. In addition, this publication contains an amendment effected by the Protocol amending the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. This publication also contains the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which was proclaimed at Strasbourg on 12 December 2007 by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (OJ C 303, 14.12.2007, p. 1). This text repeats and adapts the Charter proclaimed on 7 December 2000, and replaces it with effect from 1 December 2009, the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the Charter proclaimed in 2007 has the same legal value as the Treaties. This publication has been produced for documentary purposes and does not involve the responsibility of the institutions of the European Union. Taken from the "Official Journal of the European Union," Volume 55, 26 October 2012. In English
SADC Parliamentary Forum:Norms and Standards for Elections in SADC Region (2001) Norms and Standard for Elections in the SADC Region which were adopted by the SADC Parliamentary Forum Plenary Assembly on the 25th March 2001.
Norms and Standards for Elections in the SADC Region This report Adopted by the SADC Parliamentary Forum Plenary Assembly sets norms and standards for elections in the SADC Region (March 2001).
Union Europénne, Traité de Lisbonne (2007) Ce traité régit les relations entre les États membres de l'Union Europénne.
European Union, Treaty of Lisbon (2007) This treaty is the international legal text regulating the relations between the countries part of the European Union.
Unión Europea, Tratado de Lisboa (2007)
Côte d'Ivoire: Accord de Prétoria (2005) Cet accord négocié à Prétoria en Afrique du Sud met fin à la guerre civile en Côte d'Ivoire. Les parties signataires s'engagent à amorcer un processus de démobilisation des milices et de réintégration des combattants. Les divers groupes s'entendent pour changer la composition de la Commission Électoral Indépendante et la tenue d'élections libre en Côte d'Ivoire.