Preserving Electoral Integrity During An Infodemic
How can information and elections be protected during COVID-19 and other crises? This paper looks closely at this question and…
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IFES Annual Report 2021
This annual report covers the actions and achievements of IFES in 2021 around the world.
Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Media
Drawing on an extensive collection of comparative case law housed in the ElectionJudgments.org database, Lessons for Regulating Campaigning on Media…
Vote for Free: A Global Guide for Citizen Monitoring of Campaign Finance
This eight-step guide draws on nearly a decade of work and the experiences of people around the world who have…
Electoral Rights of Environmentally Displaced Persons
This paper addresses the electoral rights of people displaced due to environmental challenges. Climate change is a major contributing factor.…
Featured Elections Held and Mitigating Measures Taken During COVID-19
This list focuses on some of the measures election management bodies (EMBs) around the globe are using when holding electoral…
Cybersecurity is Fundamental to Elections
These two new IFES guides explain the fundamentals of electoral cybersecurity, making them essential for those working to support elections…
Developing a Disability Inclusion Policy: A Strategic Planning and Implementation Guide for Election Management Bodies
This Guide provides necessary tools and strategies for electoral management bodies (EMBs) to codify inclusion of people with disabilities across…
Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Early Warning of Violence and Conflict
Gender-sensitive indicators help provide nuanced and complete contextual information to strengthen the predictive capacity of forecasting models for violence and…
Guardrails for Democracy: a Guide to Strengthening Independent Institutions
This Guide draws on IFES’ evidence-based Autonomy and Accountability Framework (AAF) to support an assessment of threats, risks, and weaknesses…