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The Work of Domestic Election Observer Groups Around the World
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Book, Civil Society, Electoral Systems, Europe and CIS, Latin America and the Carribean, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Paul O’Grady, Rafael Lopez-Pintor, & Mark Stevens Civil society is a vitally important outlet for democratic activity and civil society groups are central partners in the promotion and defence of democratic development – from Latin America to Asia and from Europe to Africa. The aim of this publication is to highlight the work done by domestic election observers around the...
2009 Report on Cambodia Democracy, Elections, and Reform
Asia and the Pacific, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Report, Civil SocietyIn this document COMFREL reviews the current situation in Cambodia as related to democracy and elections, core freedoms, good governance, legal and judiciary reform, and describes a series of actions taken by the government and ruling party which have significantly undermined the proper functioning of democracy and its prerequisites. COMFREL calls on the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) to...
Monitoring Manual: Campaign Finance Monitoring
Asia and the Pacific, Electoral Systems, Framework, Civil SocietyThe Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) is releasing this Monitor's Manual as part of its Campaign Finance Monitoring Project. This project is a premier in Lebanon and the Arab region. Political finance regulations enable fair and democratic competition. The efficacy of campaign finance law depends in part on the caliber of independent observation and on the monitoring mechanism....
Burma's Electoral Framework Is Fundamentally Undemocratic
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Conflict, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Human Rights, Report, Civil SocietyBurma’s military regime, known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), intends to hold national elections sometime this year, the first since 1990. The polls will be the fifth step in the socalled “Seven Step Roadmap to Democracy” (the Roadmap) announced by the SPDC in 2003. The first four steps related to the development of a new constitution, adopted in 2008,...