21/11/2024 - 22/11/2024
Gdańsk, Poland – Mr Oliver Kask, substitute member of the Venice Commission in respect of Estonia, participated in the Annual Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, which took place in Gdańsk on 21 and 22 November 2024. Mr Kask represented the Venice Commission during Session 4 on “Observer Rights and the Impact of Intimidation and Obstruction”, to present the Commission’s ongoing work on Election Observers as Human Rights Defenders.
The Venice Commission endorsed the United Nation’s Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, including the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers and the accompanying Pledge, at its at its 14th meeting in October 2005.