CSCE Office for Free Elections
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The CSCE Office for Free Elections was an institution within the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe tasked with promoting and supporting democratic electoral processes and standards across participating states.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CSCE Office for Free Elections canonical | 2 |
| Office for Free Elections | 1 |
| Office for Free Elections of the CSCE | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electoral assistance body
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international organization office ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
CSCE Office for Free Elections
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surface form:
Office for Free Elections of the CSCE
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| appliesToJurisdiction | CSCE participating states ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters | Austria ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | institutional upgrade and renaming to ODIHR ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1992 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
democratization
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election monitoring ⓘ electoral standards ⓘ human rights ⓘ |
| follows |
CSCE commitments on human rights and democracy
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Helsinki Final Act principles ⓘ |
| hasConstituency | governments of CSCE participating states ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
civil and political liberties
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electoral law ⓘ political rights ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | precursor of OSCE election observation structures ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis |
CSCE Secretariat
ⓘ
surface form:
CSCE Summit decisions of 1990
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| hasMainTask |
development of common election standards among CSCE participating states
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facilitation of election observation activities ⓘ promotion of democratic electoral processes ⓘ support for free and fair elections ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
organizing seminars and expert meetings on elections
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providing technical assistance on electoral legislation ⓘ sending election observation missions ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
enhancing transparency of electoral processes
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strengthening multi-party elections ⓘ supporting implementation of CSCE election-related commitments ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfJurisdiction | intergovernmental ⓘ |
| hasWorkLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Vienna ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | CSCE human dimension institutions ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Vienna ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| namedAfter | principle of free elections in CSCE commitments ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Secretariat of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
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| operatingArea |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
former Soviet Union
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| parentOrganization | CSCE Secretariat ⓘ |
| partOf |
Secretariat of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
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surface form:
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
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| replacedBy |
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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surface form:
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
|
| successor |
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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surface form:
OSCE ODIHR
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office for Free Elections
CSCE Office for Free Elections
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abbreviationOf
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CSCE Office for Free Elections
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this entity surface form:
Office for Free Elections of the CSCE