Resolving Election Disputes in the OSCE Area: Towards a Standard Election Dispute Monitoring System

This report is based on the outcomes of an International Election Standards Programme, which the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) launched in 1998, with the purpose of outlining best practices in resolving election disputes.

This report is based on the outcomes of an International Election Standards Programme, which the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) launched in 1998, with the purpose of outlining best practices in resolving election disputes. This programme was implemented only in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan but has resulted in the design of a standard monitoring methodology, which can be used in any country, regardless of its political, legal and judicial system. This methodology has been developed from the standardized format of election observation missions mandated by the OSCE/ODIHR but is equally suited to missions organized by other international bodies.