4TH
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
OF ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT BODIES
“Fighting against electoral fraud –
Complaints and appeals procedures”
Strasbourg,
20 – 21 September 2007
Council
of Europe, Main Building, Room 9
Thursday
20 September 2007
|
| |
|
| 09.00
- 09.30 |
Registration
of participants |
| |
|
| 09.30
– 10.00 |
Opening
of the Conference -
Opening remarks of: (2 speakers) |
| |
|
| 10.00
– 13.00 |
1st
Working session: Information about recent elections
in Member States (focusing on problems observed during
the vote and action taken to remedy them).
Information provided by (to be confirmed):
Armenia
Austria
Finland
France
The Netherlands
Sweden |
| |
|
| 11.00
– 12.00 |
General
report on Council of Europe standards on complaints and
appeals procedures. |
| |
|
| 12.00
– 13.00 |
Questions
and discussion. |
| |
|
| 14.30
– 17.30 |
2nd
Working session: Fighting against electoral fraud
- recent developments and new challenges to electoral
systems. 1)
Fighting against fraud - specialised bodies or ordinary
courts? Comparative study of advantages and shortages
of each approach.
2) Challenges posed by distance voting in general (i.e.
postal voting) and e-voting in particular.
3) Financing electoral campaigns - challenging the results
of an election.
4) Sanctions against violations of electoral legislation
and procedures and proportionality principle.
5) European Court of HR case-law on violations of electoral
rights (Protocol 1 to the ECHR).
|
| |
|
Friday
21 September 2007
|
| |
|
| 9.30
– 12.30 |
3rd
Working session: Workshops on:
1)
Definition of offences – striking the balance between
administrative and criminal offences.
2) Distance voting – ensuring the secrecy of vote.
3) Sanctions and proportionality principle. |
| |
|
| 12.30
– 14.00 |
Lunch
break |
| |
|
| 14.00
– 17.00 |
Final
Working session: International standards and
complaints and appeals procedures |
| |
|
| 14.00
– 15.00 |
Contributions
from:
- the Venice Commission
- OSCE/ODIHR
- International IDEA (Electoral dispute resolution)
- IFES |
| |
|
| 15.00
– 16.30 |
Results
of the workshops |
| |
|
| 16.30 |
Conclusions
of the Conference |
| |
|
