Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Pakistan elections 2018 - get up to speed with these academic resources

Here are some links to  good academic resources about the July 2018 elections.

Election Commission of Pakistan official website has news and election results (from 1970 onwards) These cover the regulation and operation of the elections.
Democracy Reporting International  has produced a useful basic guide for journalists which lists the regulations, media coverage outlets and has links to key documents.

Election Observers
These websites sumarise the conditions in which the elections were conducted
European Union election observation of the conduct of the elections.
Commonwealth
FAFEN - Fair and Free Election Network Pakistan has an election monitor and discussion of the conduct of the elections on its website
Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability has a long term elections oversight project which monitors democracy and conduct.
Aurat Foundation Pakistan election awareness and monitoring cell.
Centre for Civic Education has voter literacy campaigns and assessments - see this pre-election briefing.
Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives is monitoring the election procedures. publications include an accessibility audit of polling stations. They also co maintain a MyVote voter education site with facts intended for the general public
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has annual reports and news on human rights

News coverage
Guardian
Al-Jazeera
Daily Express tribune Pakistan
Dawn
Nation Pakistan

International think tank/NGO analysis of Pakistan
Amnesty International 
Human Rights Watch
Council on Foreign Relations
Brookings Institution




Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Mexican elections 2018- academic sources

INE is the national election commission. It has results from the 2018 elections in Spanish.

IFES has faqs on the electoral system and preliminary assessments of the conduct of the elections.
Global Exchange was also involved in assessments of the elections.

BBC news coverage
Guardian news analysis
Americas Quarterly

Council of the Americas has a blog with a poll tracker and analysis of events.


think tank analysis of mexican politics and human rights.
The Conversation blog - UK academic discussion
Canning House
Rice University Baker Institute
Wilson Center Mexico Institute has a flash analysis of the results plus earlier research papers. It also includes a great blog with updates and election tracker posts

human rights analysis
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
ComisiĆ³n Nacional de los Derechos Humanos; CNDH) is the national human rights institution
IAHCR visits to Mexico