Organizations that have endorsed the Declaration and the accompanying Code of Conduct pledge their commitment to assuring integrity and transparency in election observations.
Since being launched in 2005, the Declaration of Principles has been endorsed by over 50 active observer organizations.
Endorsing Organizations of the Declaration of Principles
- African Union*
- Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)*
- Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials (ACEEEO)
- Canada’s Civilian Reserve (CANADEM)
- Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians (CAFP)
- The Carter Center*
- Center for Electoral Promotion and Assistance (CAPEL)*
- Committee for Open Democracy (COD)
- Committee of the Regions of the European Union
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch (CPA UK)
- Commonwealth Secretariat*
- Community of Democracies
- The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
- Council of Europe European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)*
- Council of the European Union
- Creative Associates
- Democracy International (DI)
- Democracy Reporting International (DRI)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)*
- European Centre for Electoral Support
- European Commission*
- European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO)*
- European Parliament
- European Parliament Former Members Association (FMA)
- Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA)
- Gender Concerns International
- Global Democracy Initiative (GDI)
- Inter-American Union of Electoral Bodies (UNIORE)
- International Center of Analytical Monitoring of Political and Election Processes (ICAM)
- International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
- International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)*
- International IDEA*
- International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)*
- International Republican Institute (IRI)*
- League of Arab States
- National Democratic Institute (NDI)*
- Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights (NORDEM)
- Observatory of Democracy of the MERCOSUR Parliament (ODMP)
- Organization of American States (OAS)*
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR)*
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe – Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE-PA)
- Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators’ Network (PIANZEA)*
- Pacific Islands Forum
- Pan-African Parliament
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)*
- Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF)*
- Sustainable Development Group International (SDGI)
- United Nations Secretariat*
- United States Association of Former Members of Congress (USAFMC)*
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)
*Original Endorsers of the Declaration at the United Nations on Oct. 27, 2005.