For more information on the legal framework for elections, see Legal instruments (doctrine/theory). The legal framework empowers the electoral authority to carry out the tasks of administering elections in accordance with the structure established in its own regulations. It also allows political parties to raise funds and participate in elections in accordance with applicable legislation. Finally, it ensures that voters retain their political rights to vote and to elect their government representatives. In many countries, the electoral legal framework has evolved into a complex combination of laws and regulations, judicial rules and practices. Some electoral laws may be newly created or updated, while others may base their application on outdated laws that are outdated but still in force. There may be gaps, conflicts and contradictions between different parties that shape a legal framework and thus the electoral process. In Argentina, for example, the Argentine section of Transparency International found that there are more than 90 different pieces of legislation dealing with political party financing issues. 73 For reasons of integrity, it is very important to review the legal structure as a whole in order to understand the legal framework and, if necessary, to determine the corrective measures required and, if so, the nature of the definitive measures to be taken. The legislation includes guidelines for determining the structure of election administration, instructions to returning officers on how to do their work, and the rights and obligations of political parties, the media, electors and other participants in an election. The legal framework provides us with the foundations on which institutions are built and determines the scope and nature of political participation. The legal framework of an election, and in particular issues related to its integrity, are regularly found in various legal and interrelated laws.
To ensure that election results reflect the will of voters as accurately as possible, the legal framework must protect the principles of liberty, justice and electoral competition (see Fair and Just Trial). These can be designed, as in the Philippines, to seek an honest, orderly, peaceful and credible context and to give the country`s citizens equal opportunities in public service. 74 The legal framework is capable of protecting the integrity of the election in different ways. Authority is transferred to certain bodies that perform certain functions. However, this power can be limited if we distribute this power among the different institutions and subject them to a series of revisions and adjustments. For example, one election administration body has the power to administer elections, but another body may have the power to set electoral boundaries or manage the public funds of political parties. In emerging democracies, the rules for free and fair elections continue to evolve. In these cases, it is very important to integrate the basic principles into the legal framework. According to Dr.
Robert Pastor, when elections in countries transitioning from authoritarian to democratic rule, “the challenge is to negotiate electoral rules in a way that all parties accept and respect.” 75 Once this fundamental legal framework has been completed, this work can begin within the institutional and administrative framework for the electoral process. Reform of the legal framework can become the starting point for restoring the integrity of the electoral process. This was the case, for example, in Mexico, where electoral reform became the “lever”76 for genuine democratic change. The implementation of the new electoral legislation served as a basis, a new institutional framework and the creation of different modalities of participation. These institutions have defined the procedures and methods used to strengthen the electoral integrity provisions in the new legislation. This series of reforms created the integrity framework necessary for Mexico`s electoral system. 77 Federal Law on State Employees, Ordinances of Section B of Article 123 of the Constitution and their Reforms, which issue general guidelines on transparency, integrity and anti-corruption measures in the institutions and authorities of the District Ordinance and promulgate other provisions. Decree granting constitutional autonomy to the National Human Rights Commission Provisions of the General Law on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Crimes in the Field of Trafficking in Human Beings This section contains the rules governing the entity, the one that determines its competence and that applicable or created by its activity. Similarly, guidelines, manuals or guidelines developed by the company must be published. This criterion applies to additional websites depending on the context of the purpose of the website (in this case, it is valid to define the link to the main website as long as the relationship of the standard with the subject developed by the additional website is clear). It establishes positive measures to promote women`s participation in the drafting of contracts for the Law on Supervision and Accountability of the Capital District of the Federation.
Inspections may be conducted under delegated authority or oversight office, such as in the case of an inspector general, to oversee election administration, identify problems and recommend corrective actions. Law enforcement is regularly carried out by a judicial system, police, courts and prisons. Federal Act on Adversarial Administrative Procedures. The General Law on Enforced Disappearances and Enforced Disappearances and the National System for Searching Persons Decree giving the National Human Rights Commission the power to bring actions for unconstitutionality. Federal Law on the Promotion of the Activities of Civil Society Organizations, which publishes the National Development Plan 2018-2022. “Pact for Colombia, Pact for Equality”. This adds Part 20 to Book 2 of Decree 1071 of 2015, Single Decree regulating the administrative sector of agriculture, fisheries and rural development, with regard to public procurement of foodstuffs Federal Act on the State`s Responsibility for Protection Federal Act on Administrative Tasks of Civil Servants Act on the Rights of the Elderly Federal Budget and Financial Accountability Act General on equality between women and women Men who amend Law 80 of 1993 and Law 1150 of 2007. Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data in the Possession of Private Parties CNDH Regulations on Transparency and Access to Information In many countries, it is based on the Constitution as supreme legislation, supplemented by laws enacted by a parliament or legislature with an electoral law (laws containing provisions on the electoral process, B. the financing of electoral campaigns and citizens` right to vote), laws, penal codes and regulations, which include codes of conduct and ethics issued by various supervisory authorities closely related to electoral matters. Act respecting liberal professions in the federal public administration and its reforms. Regulation of the General Law on Women`s Access to a Life Free of Violence. General Law of the National Public Security System Designation of the National Human Rights Commission as a national mechanism for the prevention of torture Convention by which a building of 1803 m2 is designated for the service of the CNDH In this section you will find the following classification of regulations: district agreements, decrees, directives, case law, laws, constitutional norms, international resolutions and treaties.
The General Disciplinary Code repeals Law 734 of 2002 and certain provisions of Law 1474 of 2011 on Disciplinary Law. Federal Law on Combating Corruption in Public Procurement General Law on the Provision of Services for the Attention, Care and Holistic Development of Children Amended and added Decree 1082 of 2015, the only regulatory decree of the administrative zone of national planning, to regulate Articles 30, 31, 32, 34 and 35 of Law 2069 of 2020, on government procurement and other provisions are promulgated by the Regulatory Act of Section VI of Article 76 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. Federal Act on the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination Regulations of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.