DOP 2024
Day 3 Highlights: New tools, inclusion and generative AI
Session 5: New Tools for Election Observation – presentations from endorsers This session was a chance for DoP endorsing…
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Day 2 Highlights: Communication, Post-Election Engagement, and Observer Rights
Session 2: Improving Public Understanding of our Observation Work and Communicating Complicated Messages To kick off the session, participants…
On the Sidelines: Culture and History
On the sidelines of the meeting, participants were given the opportunity to learn more about the history of Gdansk…
Day 1 Highlights: A historic figure in a historic venue for democracy
20 November 2024 Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęnsa opened the annual implementation meeting of…
Securing election observers’ rights in a climate of rising polarization and insecurity
As election observers become increasingly subject to obstruction and intimidation, OAS has leveraged the DoP community to lobby for…
Free and Fair? Balancing nuance and clarity in election observation communication
It’s the question journalists most often ask about an election: was it free and fair? The phrase has been…
Interview with Patrick Merloe, co-founder of the DoP
Patrick Merloe, formerly of NDI, was one of the co-founders of the Declaration of Principles (DoP) on International Election…
A venue that symbolises democracy
The DoP meeting is being held at the historic BHP Hall, in the former shipyard on the outskirts of…
Declaration of Principles Annual Implementation Meeting 2024: Shaping the Future of Election Observation
Welcome to the website of the Declaration of Principles annual implementation meeting 2024. The meeting is hosted by the…