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International free and fair election instruments developed by UN and OSCE

Journal Name:

  • Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Publication Year:

  • 2012

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Abstract (2. Language): 
After collapse of USSR, the international society confronted with a complicated challenge. After this, free and fair election standards became an essential component to establishing a democratic governments in the new independent states. In order to conduct free and fair election, the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe election standards played main role the respectively in the context of international and regional level. The Article briefly describes the importance and significance of main elements of free and fair elections. The author concluded that international election standards should be interpret its domestic laws and practice by states.
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