Chapter 1: International Standards the elected government, parliament or local officials. Education programs should explain the electoral process in its entirety, from voter registration to the electoral complaints adjudication process, and assure citizens of the impartiality and integrity of the national and regional electoral commissions.249 In Timor-Leste, for example, IFES provided the public with materials on election complaints via the media (TV and radio shows).250 IFES also recommended that the National Election Commission implement adequate voter education campaigns, including the electoral complaint process.251 This project, which sought to educate voters about the complaints adjudication process so that credible alternatives to political violence were widely understood, led to positive results. Clearly, public confidence and understanding of electoral complaint adjudication is an important factor for stability. Moreover, "[v]oter education materials should be simple, straightforward and manageable in terms of voters’ ability to absorb, understand and retain information.”252 If NGOs and political parties establish voter education trainings, the state should facilitate the implementation of those programs, such as making public buildings available for free. If executed properly, voter education may lead to greater transparency in the system, and increased accessibility to adjudication of irregularities. Particular attention should be paid to women, minority and indigenous groups, persons with disabilities and inhabitants of rural areas who may otherwise be underserved in an education campaign.  The UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) prohibits any form of discrimination in the exercise of political rights and “in particular the right to participate in elections.”253  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) underscores the indispensable role of Dahl et al., supra note 131, at 6. IFES Timor-Leste Report, supra note 135, at 10-11. As part of CNE’s civic education activities, CNE, Radio Television Timor-Leste and IFES produced a series of six interactive radio and TV programs, called Klabis, which were broadcast in the two weeks before the parliamentary election. Id. 251 Id. at 27. 252 Dahl et al., supra note 131, at 7. 253 CERD, supra note 12, art. 5(c); U.N. Human Rights Comm., Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Gen. Rec. No. 23, Indigenous Peoples, 51st Sess., § 4(d) (Aug. 18, 1997), available at http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/73984290dfea022b8 02565160056fe1c. 249 250 79