14th DoP Implementation Meeting starting with an (all female!) High Level Panel on 'New trends in Elections and How to Observe Them' 
Ingibjörg Gisladottir, Dir. ODIHR:
• Observers must remain up to date with developmens.
• What's needed to remain relevant?
• Positive: Election day procedures are more precise
• But people seem to lose confidence in elected leaders
• Importance of trust. How to observe it?
• Observers must remain up to date with developmens.
• What's needed to remain relevant?
• Positive: Election day procedures are more precise
• But people seem to lose confidence in elected leaders
• Importance of trust. How to observe it?
Former Dir ODIHR Dame Glover:
• Importance of recommendations as indicators for needed improvement.
• Tendency of governments to ignore voters needs and also not to implement recommendations
• Ignoring needs leads to populism
• Lack of observers forced ODIHR to reduce efforts
• Importance of recommendations as indicators for needed improvement.
• Tendency of governments to ignore voters needs and also not to implement recommendations
• Ignoring needs leads to populism
• Lack of observers forced ODIHR to reduce efforts
On observing ICTs:
• evoting created suspicion in some countries, accepted in others
• social media expansion, information and inclusion of voters, online campaign, also fake news and lies.
• special IT and cyber capacities needed to recognise foreign interference
#ict_idea
• evoting created suspicion in some countries, accepted in others
• social media expansion, information and inclusion of voters, online campaign, also fake news and lies.
• special IT and cyber capacities needed to recognise foreign interference
#ict_idea
Anne Brasseur, Pres. PA of CoE
• import: education & action against hate speech
• negative:'alternative observers'
• it's not only about e-day, also as ICT makes cheating harder: importance of mid/long term observation, objective information, voter and candidate registration
• import: education & action against hate speech
• negative:'alternative observers'
• it's not only about e-day, also as ICT makes cheating harder: importance of mid/long term observation, objective information, voter and candidate registration
Ilse Brands-Kehr, UNHR Committee:
• Improvement via ICT in transparency, quality of elections. But: decreasing trust.
• Better elections<> better democracy.
• New tech not always bring better outcomes, tech advances bring challenges for vulnerable groups, minorities, rights.
• Improvement via ICT in transparency, quality of elections. But: decreasing trust.
• Better elections<> better democracy.
• New tech not always bring better outcomes, tech advances bring challenges for vulnerable groups, minorities, rights.
.@daviakaye:
Changes impacting elections, govts, companies, observers:
• Artificial intelligence: online content, govt., etc. AI needs HR and corp. responsibility
• Hate speech
• companies need better understanding of local context & elections, outreach to companies needed
Changes impacting elections, govts, companies, observers:
• Artificial intelligence: online content, govt., etc. AI needs HR and corp. responsibility
• Hate speech
• companies need better understanding of local context & elections, outreach to companies needed
Brasseur on how politicians changed: Tendency to please voters Vs. telling the truth. People get used to online, immediate delivery. That is not possible in responsible politics. Fulfilling this demand leads to '140 chars twitter message' politics. Threatens democracy.
Brands-Kehris: problem of recommendations not being followed. Need to break down silos between institutions to achieve better follow up
Brands- Kehris mentions another issue: Right to privacy and the importance to better understand differences to this right between the online and offline world.
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