Accountability of International Election Observers
Journal
International Organizations Law Review
ISSN
1572-3739
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
Abstract
International election monitoring has become ever more important in the national as well as the international context. Plenty of (regional) International Organizations (and NGOs) send Election Observers Missions (EOMs) to countries in order to assess the quality of their democratic process and elections. Whereas the influence of EOMs is largely undisputed, their independence, impartiality and accountability have been less discussed. This paper describes the legal set-up of EOMs in order to assess their independence and accountability. It also uses accountability mechanisms as discussed in international law scholarship (ILA Report and the Global Administrative Law project) in order to analyze the accountability mechanisms currently in place for EOMs.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Nijhoff
Publisher place
Leiden
Volume
6
Number
2
Start page
541
End page
580
Pages
40
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
55763