Zeitschrift für Zivil- und Rechtswissenschaften

Abstrakt

The Right to Free Vote and Democratic Elections in International Law

Hamid Mehdiyev

Taking into account the current socio-political processes in modern times, we have analyzed relations between states and citizens in our article from the aspect of democratic elections and free suffrage. In fact, since the ancient times, elections implemented in different forms at different environments are an integral part of human rights. Expressions such as the right to choose or suffrage, voting rights, freedom of free election have a wide coverage in the international law. Each of the above mentioned terms expresses a specific meaning in the context of human rights. These concepts are reflected widely in international doctrines, human rights declaration and other similar regulatory and legal documents. For example, the right of election and choice in European Union and Azerbaijan is used in the same meaning. People who have the right to vote in the representative democracies are accepted individuals who are able both to take part in the referendum, and also appoint managers. In terms of human rights, the right to democratic elections is a broad concept that covers both the right to vote and the right to be elected consequently, this term is a democratic expression of freedom of opinion, which includes the right to vote and the right to be elected. In a word, the right to democratic and free election is a mechanism for the self-determination of the people, both in the national and international arena, as an expression of human rights and freedoms.