Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem

‘Soft Law’ in the Mechanism of the International and National Protection of the Constitutional Electoral Rights

Fedorenko, Vladyslav Nesterovych, Volodymyr

Research Center for Forensic Examination on Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine | Lugansk State University of Internal Affairs named after E.O. Didorenko

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Abstract

The publication explores the phenomenology and content of ‘soft law’ in the international
and national law and reveals the designation of ‘soft law’ in protecting the electoral rights of the citizens. ‘Soft law’ is intended to mean optional international documents, most of
which are resolutions of the intergovernmental organisations containing statements, commitments, guidelines, common positions or statements on policy or intentions. ‘Soft law’ documents are usually adopted by the statutory bodies of the international organisations on issues that reflect new problems, tendencies or trends in the field of electoral law, for which there is no political will or the accordance of all the member states in the form of a classical international treaty. When it comes to the content, the ‘soft law’ documents are all kinds of statements, obligations, guidelines, codes of conduct, codes of ethics, guidelines and standards, common positions or statements of policy or intentions.

Metadata

Journal Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem 
Volume 12 
Issue 3 
Issue date 11/2020 
Type Article 
Language en
Pagination 178-195
DOI 10.7206/kp.2080-1084.402
ISSN 2080-1084
eISSN 2450-7938