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41. Carter Center Delegation Report: Village Elections in China 5 Mar 1997

Publication Date:
03-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
At China's invitation, The Carter Center sent a seven-person, international team led by Dr. Robert Pastor, a Carter Center Fellow and expert on elections, to observe the village electoral process in Fujian and Hebei provinces. The delegation also held discussions with officials in Beijing on election issues and on future areas of cooperation between The Carter Center and China. The delegation concluded that the village elections are a serious and positive development in empowering China's 900 million villagers, even though many parts of the country might not have fully implemented the election rules yet.
Topic:
Civil Society, Democratization, and International Organization
Political Geography:
China

42. Final Report on Ecuador's Approbatory Constitutional Referendum of September 28, 2008

Publication Date:
09-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
The Carter Center conducted a targeted observation mission of Ecuador's September 30, 2007, elections for 130 members of the Constituent Assembly with the goal of demonstrating the Center's interest and support for Ecuador's constitutional reform and political transition process. The Carter Center assessed the political and electoral environment prior to the Constituent Assembly elections and the transparency of the process.
Topic:
Civil Society, Democratization, and International Organization
Political Geography:
Latin America

43. Final Report to the Guyana Elections Commission on the 2006 General and Regional Elections, February 15, 2007

Publication Date:
02-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
With USAID funding, The Carter Center conducted a targeted observation for Guyana's Aug. 28, 2006, national elections to demonstrate the Center's interest in and support for Guyana's democratization process. The Center also sought to assess the political and electoral environment in Guyana surrounding the 2006 elections in follow-up to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's 2004 visit to Guyana. The 2006 elections marked a historic event in the country as Guyana experienced its most peaceful election in recent history.
Topic:
Civil Society, Democratization, and International Organization
Political Geography:
United States, Latin America, and Guyana

44. Observing Presidential and Legislative Elections in Liberia

Publication Date:
01-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
Liberians went to the polls in great numbers on October 11 and November 8, 2005, to elect a president, vice president, 30 senators, and 64 representatives. In these first elections since the end of 14 years of civil war, voters across the country demonstrated their commitment to peace and democratic governance. Both elections were widely praised as violence-free, orderly, and well-administered. Throughout the electoral process, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and The Carter Center sought to demonstrate international support for Liberia's democratic process and to provide Liberians and the international community with an impartial and accurate assessment of the electoral process and the political environment surrounding it.
Topic:
Political Violence, Civil Society, and Democratization
Political Geography:
Africa and Liberia

45. The Carter Center News Fall 2007

Publication Date:
09-2007
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
My original concept for The Carter Center was a place for mediation, a place where leaders of countries or regions in conflict could come to resolve their differences. Looking at the work of the Center today, with programs that have touched lives in more than 70 countries promoting peace and good health, it is safe to say that the Center has far exceeded Rosalynn' s and my initial dreams.
Topic:
International Relations, Human Rights, and Poverty
Political Geography:
Africa

46. The Carter Center News Spring 2007

Publication Date:
03-2007
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
Six-year-old Ruhmam Issah cries as a health worker slowly removes a long, spaghetti-like worm from her swollen ankle. Beside Issah, here in dusty Savelugu, Ghana, is former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, providing comfort to the girl by way of gentle pats and kind words. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, visited the hospital in northern Ghana where Issah was being treated to meet with dozens of Guinea worm disease patients receiving care in a national effort to eradicate the disease by this time next year.
Topic:
International Relations and Human Rights
Political Geography:
Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo

47. Developing a Methodology for Observing Electronic Voting

Publication Date:
10-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
The increasing use of new electronic voting (e-voting) technologies in elections around the world has been recognized by the international election observation community as one of the paramount challenges facing election observation today. As a whole, international election observation organizations have had relatively little experience observing elections in which e-voting technologies are used. In addition, the inherent lack of transparency of electronic voting technologies discourages easy observation.
Topic:
Democratization, Human Rights, International Cooperation, and International Law
Political Geography:
Venezuela

48. Building Consensus on Principles for International Election Observation

Publication Date:
10-2007
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
International election observation is conducted by dozens of organizations around the world. As election observation activity has grown and the number of organizations involved has proliferated, several critical challenges have emerged. Foremost is the need for greater coordination and standards of professionalism among election observation organizations. To this end, The Carter Center, the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division (UNEAD), and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), launched a collaborative project to build consensus on best practices in this field.
Topic:
Democratization, Human Rights, International Cooperation, and International Law
Political Geography:
United Nations

49. Collective Defense of Democracy: Concepts and Procedures

Author:
Carlos Ayala Corao and Pedro Nikken Bellshaw-Hógg
Publication Date:
01-2006
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
At the General Assembly of the Organization of American States held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in June of 2005, the member states enjoined Secretary General José Miguel Insulza to prepare a report on past use of the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) and make suggestions to the Permanent Council concerning possible improvements in its application. The resolution on “Promotion of Regional Cooperation for Implementation of the Inter-American Democratic Charter” also urges the Permanent Council to receive input from civil society concerning the IDC, and conscious of this invitation, The Carter Center and the Andean Commission of Jurists (CAJ) have responded to this invitation.
Topic:
Democratization and Globalization
Political Geography:
Latin America

50. The Carter Center News Fall 2006

Publication Date:
09-2006
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
The Carter Center
Abstract:
Marcel Wetsh'okonda fights for human rights laws to be passed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country where 1,000 people die each day from disease, hunger, and vio-lence. It is no easy task.
Topic:
International Relations, Democratization, and Human Rights
Political Geography:
Africa and Democratic Republic of the Congo