20th Commemoration of Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation in Geneva
Geneva, 10-12 December 2025: The 2025 Declaration of Principles (DoP) Implementation Meeting, hosted by the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, brought together international and citizen election observers, multilateral organisations, regional bodies, and digital-platform representatives to assess the state of election observation amid growing democratic pressure.
Election-Watch.EU has been an endorsing member organisation of the DoP since 2024 and participated for the [...]
data protection in elections, Declaration of Principles, Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, DoP, election observation, election security, human rights defenders, transparency of political campaign, United Nations
Online Roundtable on Election Monitoring Efforts to Preserve Information Integrity
Berlin, Brussels, 4 September 2025: Since 2023, landmark legislation like the EU’s AI act and Digital Services Act came into effect, while novel generative AI technologies came into widespread mainstream use. Numerous elections in Europe marked by disinformation and foreign interference (e.g., Romania 2024). Globally, the 2024 Trump re-election and Musk’s takeover of X accelerated rollbacks in moderation and fact-checking.
DRI organised [...]
accountability, Austrian elections, Austrian general elections, election observation, election security, social media monitoring, social media monitoring of electoral campaigns, Telegram monitoring, transparency