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Understanding Election-Related Violence: Definitions and Implications

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This forum, held by International IDEA in Stockholm in December 2011, explores the intricate relationship between elections and conflict. It defines election-related violence, detailing acts that cause psychological harm, such as intimidation, and physical harm, including assassinations. It delves into the motivations behind such violence, including seeking electoral advantages, disrupting elections, and responding to perceived manipulations within flawed electoral processes. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for promoting peaceful democratic practices.

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Understanding Election-Related Violence: Definitions and Implications

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  1. Elections and Conflict International IDEA EMB forum, Stockholm, December 2011 International IDEA

  2. election-related violence Some definitions of election-related violence point to: (Jeff Fisher - 2002; Timothy Sisk - 2009) • Acts of: • psychological harm (intimidation, coercion, blackmail) • physical harm (including assassinations and killing) • Directed against: • electoral actors • electoral events • electoral facilities • election materials International IDEA

  3. some incentives for resorting to violence • Motives: • Seeking electoral advantages Committing violent acts against political competitors and their supporters • Disrupting elections Incentive of those who are denied participation in elections, or for whatever reason have particular interest that elections do not take place • Mistrusted and flawed electoral processes Those who share perceptions that elections are manipulated and rigged • Violence as response to violence International IDEA

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