This year's symposium, "International Elections Monitoring: Should Democracy Be a Right?" will present two panels. The first panel will address the emerging right to democratic governance: whether there is and if there should be an international human right to democratic governance and political participation. The second panel will feature representatives from various organizations that either assist in the implementation of democracy or monitor the existence of "free and fair" elections.
FIRST PANEL
Greg Fox, Law Professor at Chapman Law School in Orange County California, has written extensively on the right to political participation and has edited the recent book Democratic Governance and International Law. Many prominent legal scholars in the field of International Human Rights have made contributions to this book.
Elizabeth Defeis, Professor at the Seton Hall School of Law (Newark, N.J.) has extensive experience and publications in the area of International Law and Human Rights. She has also participated in a study of Armenian elections.
Pat Merloe is the Senior Associate and Director of Programs on Elections and Political Processes for the National Democratic Institute (Washington D.C.). Mr. Merloe has also taught at the University of San Francisco, the University of Pennsylvania, and Temple University.
SECOND PANEL
Mary Lou Schramm is the director of the Asian division of International Foundation for Elections Systems (IFES) (Washington, D.C.) Ms. Schramm has submitted the organization's report on the recent elections held in Indonesia for publication.
Laura Neumann, Senior Program Associate for the Latin American and Caribbean Program at the Carter Center (Atlanta, GA), is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and a former staff member of the International Law Journal.
Julia Glidden, Vice President of Public Relations for election.com (Brooklyn, N.Y.), has extensive publication and presentation experience on coordinating technology to meet the demands of electoral processes.
Submitted by on March 30, 2001
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