Objectives
The objectives of these Principles and Guidelines are to do the following:
- Contribute to the integrity of electoral processes in Africa by providing guidance to EMBs and other relevant electoral stakeholders for identifying
- opportunities to promote access to electoral in-formation and address challenges in dealing with harm to digital human rights, in particular potentially harmful digital contents and business practices that threaten the integrity of electoral processes.
- Foster policy development on digital and social media in elections by EMBs, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and member states.
- Serve as a resource for digital and social media (including digital messaging services) in their policies and processes dealing with online content relevant to elections in Africa.
- Inform regulatory processes under development or review for digital and social media in the context of elections in a manner that is consistent with international human rights standards and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.