The international conference “Building Trust in the Institution of Elections and Referendums: The Role of International Observation” will be held at the headquarters of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (IPA) on 18-20 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS IPA Council Secretariat.
The event is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the CIS IPA International Institute for the Monitoring of Democracy Development. Its establishment 20 years ago broke the monopoly on assessing the democratic nature of elections in sovereign states. Part of the program will include a meeting of the Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies of the CIS Member States. The heads of Central Election Commissions from CIS countries and other states, parliamentarians, and experts will take part in the conference events.
Its main topics will be artificial intelligence and its application in the electoral process: protection against fakes and risks of digital interference; law, rights, and “rules” in international observation; international observation and the protection of sovereignty; without unipolar templates: how CIS, African, and Latin American states cooperate in monitoring election integrity.
An exhibition titled Elections of the Winners, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first post-war elections, will be presented on the sidelines of the conference. CIS countries will also display modern equipment used in elections. The conference will open with a Youth Day on 18 February.
