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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Issue

Legal Framework and Vote Counting and Tabulation


Election Parts

  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Criteria

  • The laws regulating elections were equally enforced and were not arbitrarily applied
  • The legal framework for elections was consistent with international human rights
  • The principles of rule of law were promoted
Summaries
  • All are equal before the law, and laws should be equally enforced.
  • Laws must be consistent with international human rights.
  • States should take measures to promote the principles of the rule of law.
  • Laws and procedures must not be arbitrarily applied.
  • Closing and counting procedures should be established by law.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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