ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES: CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENTOF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION STANDARDS
Annotation
The article analyses the contribution of the Organization of American States to the development of international electoral standards. It reviews activity of the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO / OAS) in the field of electoral observation and making recommendations on this basis; creating detailed manuals on the basis of these recommendations; development and registration of the official International Electoral Standard TS 17582. The article inspects the character of the discussion during the work on the standard; activity of DECO in the field of international accreditation of electoral bodies; its technical cooperation projects related to electoral registration and electoral technologies.It is concluded thatthe activity of OAS in the field of electoral cooperation and observation allows to call it thereal laboratory for the development and running-in of international electoral standards.
Keywords
- выборы
- подготовка и организация выборов
- наблюдение за выборами
- избирательные стандарты
- стандарт TS 17582
- электоральные органы
- Организация американских государств
- международная аккредитация избирательных органов
- регистрация избирателей
- электронные технологии в избирательном процессе
- elections
- preparation and organization of elections
- electoral observation
- electoral standards
- standard TS 17582
- electoral bodies
- Organization of American States
- international electoral accreditation
- electoral registration
- electoral technology
- electronic technologies in the electoral process







