International Election Standards

List of conventions and declarations concerning the organization and the arrangement of the election

1.   Charter of the United Nations
Signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945

      Entry into force 24 October 1945, in accordance with Article 110

2.      Universal declaration of Human Rights

Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948

3.      International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Adopted opened for signature, ratification and accession by the General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966

Entry into force 23 March 1976 in accordance with Article 49

4.      Vienna Declaration of Programme and Action

Adopted by the General Assembly on 25 June 1993

World Conference on Human Rights

5.      Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic,
Religious or Linguistic Minorities

Adopted by General Assembly resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992

6.      Declaration on Race and racial prejudice

Adopted and proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its 20th session on 27 November 1978

7.      Declaration on the elimination of all forms of the Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief

Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981

8.      International Convention on the elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination

Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of 21   

December 1965

Entry into force: on 4 January1969 in accordance with Article 19

9. Convention on the elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women

Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 (34/180), in accordance with article 27 (1)

Entry into force: on 3 September 1981

10.  Convention on the Political Rights of Women 

Opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 640 (VII) of the United Nations of 20 December 1952

Entry into force: on 7 July 1954 in accordance with Article VI

11.  Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons

Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975

12.  International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990 (not in force)

13.   Statute of the Council of Europe

 Adopted on 5 May 1949 (ETS 001)

 

14.  Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Adopted in Paris on 20 March 1952 (ETS 9)

15.  European Charter of Local Self-Government

Strasbourg, on 15 October 1985 (ETS 122)

16.  Follow-up Meeting 1986-1989; Concluding Document

Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)

Vienna, 4 November 1986 to 19 January 1989

17. Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference of the Human Dimension of the CSCE

 Second Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE

 Copenhagen, 5 June- 29 July 1990

18.  Declaration on criteria of the free and fair elections

Adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union

On 26 March 1994

19.  Charter of Paris for a new Europe

Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)

1990 Summit, Paris, 19 - 21 November 1990

20.  Document of the Moscow meeting of the conference on the Human dimension of the CSCE

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)

Third conference on the Human dimension of the CSCE, 10 September-15 October 1991

Moszkva, on 3 October 1991

21. Lisbon Summit Document

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)

2-3 December 1996

22.  Convention on the Local Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level

Strasbourg, on 5 February 1992 (ETS 144)

23.  Electoral, civil and social rights of prisoners

Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation 195

On 1 February 1962

Sources:

http://www.unhchr.ch (1-12)
http://www.conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/cadreprincipal.htm (13-15,21)
http://www.osce.org/docs (16,17,19,20,21)