According to the Millennium Development Goals 2012 Report, the proportion of seats held by women in single or lower houses of national parliaments in North Africa rose from 3 per cent in 2000 to 11 per cent in 2012.
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An effective electoral justice system is a key element in the unfolding of a free, fair and genuine democratic process.
Without a system to mitigate and manage inequality or perceptions of inequality, even the best management of an electoral process may lead to mistrust in the legitimacy of the elected government.
El Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM, el Instituto de Estudios Legislativos “Belisario Domínguez” del Senado de la República, y el Instituto Internacional para la Democracia y la Asistencia Electoral (IDEA Internacional) sumaron voluntades y recursos a efecto de organizar un importante seminario académico, realizado a finales del año 2010.
All electoral management bodies face challenges when organizing democratic elections. Depending on the context, these may relate to security, political, logistical, financial or other risks. As a result, electoral management bodies (EMBs) are continuously improving practices in order to strengthen their independence, impartiality, integrity, transparency and professionalism, and thus ensure credibility of election results.
The Electoral Assistance Unit (EAU) implements the electoral assistance provided by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The EAU responds to the practical realities of West African states and takes pro-active measures to facilitate good practices within electoral management bodies in ECOWAS member states. The ultimate aim is to ensure the integrity of elections.
Regional organizations are in a delicate position when it comes to encouraging electoral integrity.
On the one hand, encouraging a free and fair electoral process necessarily means supporting a viable, competitive opposition. On the other hand, support for the opposition can easily be construed as bias and interference in the domestic political process.
Election observation bodies have paid increasing attention to the problems generated by electronic voting, or, in more general terms, by the use of electronic means as a way to improve traditional electoral processes.
This Discussion Paper provides a detailed analysis of involvement of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in election observation.
Its main purpose is to present practical and forward-looking recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the PIF electoral observation missions in supporting electoral processes.
This Discussion Paper analyses the experience of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) in electoral observation, in particular looking at the strengths and weaknesses of this regional civil-society led initiative in contributing towards the development of democracy in Asia.
Meanwhile, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is considering carrying out elections observation missions in the future.
International election monitoring has become a prominent tool for promoting election integrity and democracy, but several factors raise questions about the validity and effectiveness of international election monitoring.
International election observation (IEO) is increasingly criticized for not adding much to the credibility of elections.
IEO organizations have been open and receptive to the criticism and have responded by increasingly professionalizing their missions.
Regional organizations are among the key actors in present-day international relations. They foster dialogue among states and serve as a platform for the discussion of various transnational economic, political and social issues. They also play an increasingly important role in elections.
Elections are vital to democratic government, but they are not sufficient.
Too often, incumbents rig elections, illicit funding or media bias distort the electoral process, and losing candidates refuse to accept the results. Where elections are marred in these ways, people lose faith in democracy and the political process, and human rights and security are put at risk.
Africa has seen significant democratic development, economic growth and an overall decline in conflict in recent times. For example, there is an increasing number of countries that have recently managed to hold elections without violence, including Benin, Botswana, Ghana, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
El presente libro busca aportar al debate público en torno la participación electoral de los pueblos indígenas, su recorrido histórico y los procesos recientes, centrándose en la aplicación de la llamada cuota nativa, su efectividad y alternativas de mejora.
La diversidad de enfoques caracteriza este trabajo, combinando entradas conceptuales y jurídicas con miradas históricas y políticas.
Los medios de comunicación están en el centro de las democracias modernas, en especial en períodos electorales.
Por ello la importancia de ocuparse de ellos desde la reflexión y el análisis. Los medios dejaron de ser sólo difusores de información para convertirse, en nuestras democracias mediatizadas, en protagonistas.
On 17–20 September 2012 International hosted a workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, on successful strategies for facilitating the inclusion of marginalized groups in customary and democratic governance.
The participants at this workshop shared examples of good practice in supporting activities to improve inclusion by marginalized groups in democratic and customary/religious governance.
On 3 September 2012, International IDEA presented its Electoral Risk Management Tool to the staff of Nepal’s Election Commission (ECN), at the newly established Election Education and Information Center (EEIC)* in Kathmandu.
La transformación económica y social de América Latina experimentada en las últimas tres décadas tiene en su haber un profundo proceso de cambio político institucional, básicamente centrado en la constitución de estructuras democráticas de gobierno y mecanismos institucionales de toma de decisiones.
En el marco del último proceso electoral provincial cordobés, celebrado el pasado 7 de agosto de 2011, el Consejo para la Planificación Estratégica de la Provincia de Córdoba (COPEC) elaboró un informe basado en la Jornada “Reflexiones sobre las experiencias de la Boleta Única de Sufragio y el Voto Electrónico en la Provincia de Córdoba”, realizada el 21 de septiembre de 2011 en la sede del COPEC.