| Reports by theme : Election management |
| African Union | APRM | Broadcast media | Citizenship | Development assistance and governance | Election management | Justice sector | Political participation | Public service delivery | ||||
| AfriMAP has developed a specific focus on election management, within its overall thematic research on democracy and political participation. | ||||
Election Management Bodies in West AfricaOSIWA and AfriMAP 21 May 2011 The report Election Management Bodies in West Africa responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in six countries -- Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone -- the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures. It complements the AfriMAP report on the election commission in Uganda, published in 2010.
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Uganda: The Management of ElectionsOSIEA and AfriMAP 05 October 2010 Uganda will hold its second multiparty elections in February 2011. This report consists of an audit of the national legislative framework against the relevant African and international standards for the holding of elections, and the implementation in practice. It highlights concerns about the country’s ability to hold transparent, free and fairelections under the current electoral laws. Piecemeal amendments to the laws, including the creation of new districts, undermine a level playing field. The president and the ruling party enjoy substantial advantages over the political opposition through the use of state resources. Political opposition leaders and independent media are harassed, including through the use of politically motivated criminal charges and the threat of violence. The report makes recommendations for immediate and medium term reform to ensure that Uganda can move onto a trajectory of greater rather than more restricted democracy.
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| Elections in DRC: Challenges and opportunities of the INEC 28 March 2011 On 27 March, AfriMAP and OSISA made a submission to the Congolese electoral commission, which amplified the call for a need to build political consensus around elections. It also re-echoed the report’s recommendation to simplify the voting system, which was described as unnecessarily complex and costly and therefore needed simplification. Some of the recommendations stem from an AfriMAP report launched on 30th November 2010, entitled: Democracy and political participation- an assessment more... |
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| Uganda: Validation Workshop for Election Management report 19 August 2010 Ms. Margaret Sekaggya, author of a report on the management of elections in Uganda commissioned by AfriMAP and the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) presented her draft findings at a validation workshop held in Kampala on 19 August 2010. Ms Sekaggya, who is UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and former chair of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), noted key challenges facing Uganda in the lead up to general elections due to be held in 2011. more... |
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| Validation workshops in DRC 03 April 2009 AfriMAP and OSISA (the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) held two workshops on 2 and 3 April in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, to discuss draft reports on the education system and military justice in the DRC with a range of stakeholders in each field. The workshop to discuss the draft report on the military justice system was attended by judges and prosecutors from all levels of the military court system, lawyers with experience in representing victims and accused more... |
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