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The
Center for Democracy and the
Carter Center have done a lot of work on election
monitoring at the international level, to our knowledge none
that involves monitoring elections at international institutions
such as the United Nations.
United
Nations Electoral Assistance: part of the UN Department
of Political Affairs, its role is to evaluate all requests
for electoral assistance, to undertake needs-assessment missions,
to provide consistent answers from the United Nations system
to requesting governments, to work cooperatively with UN and
non-UN system actors in the design and implementation of electoral
assistance project activities, to develop operational strategies
for electoral components of peace-keeping operations, to maintain
a roster of electoral experts able to provide technical assistance
on short notice, to facilitate the international observation
of elections, and to serve as the UN's institutional memory
in the electoral field.
UNDP:
list of documents on good governance and election issues
Vienna
Decalaration and Programme of Action: including paragraph
8 on democracy and 27 on the independence of the judiciary.
UN
OHCHR: Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal,
Technical and Human Rights Aspects of Elections: discusses
best election practices in depth, including issues revolving
around the independence of the judiciary and information on
candidates to elected office.
ICCPR,
Articles 19 and 25 on elections and information
UDHR,
Articles 19 and 21 on elections and information.
Tribunals and committees covered by UN Observer.org and statutes
relating to these tribunals/committees:
- International
Court of Justice (ICJ), Articles 2,3 and 4
- International
Criminal Court (ICC), Article 36
- International
Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Section
I
- Human
Rights Committee, ICCPR, Part IV
- Committe
Against Torture, CAT, Articles 17 and 18
- Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,
CEDAW, Article 17
- Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, CERD,
Article 8
- Committee
on the Rights of the Child, CRC, Article 43
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