Parliamentary elections in Armenia: Invitation to joint press conference
Election Campaign – Interim Conclusions ahead of the Election DayEarly Parliamentary Elections in Armenia, 9 September 2018 The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) together with its Armenian member organisations Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor and Transparency International Anticorruption Centeras well as experts from the citizen observers’ coalitions Independent Observer and Akanates will present the findings […]
160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections
The “Akanates” (Eyewitness) election observation mission will engage around 160 observers to participate in the public oversight of Yerevan city council elections on September 23, 2018. The observation mission will cover 80 precincts in all administrative districts of Yerevan. All observers underwent trainings and are bound by Code of conduct for election observers to provide […]
The Administrative Court: “HCA Vanadzor has the right to submit a petition, and the CEC had to provide a proper response to it”
Photo: Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office On December 5,2017 the RA Administrative Court rejected HCA Vanadzor’s claim against the RA Central Electoral Commission. On April 2,2017 the Organization turned to the Court in regard to receiving a proper response to the application-proposals submitted to the CEC on March 18 pertaining to the violations recorded during […]
The administrative court is to examine electoral disputes in a collegial formation
Photo: Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office On December 19, 2017, based on the application submitted by Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office, the RA Constitutional Court examined the matter of the constitutionality of Article 213 § 1 of the RA Administrative Procedure Code. HCA Vanadzor applied to the Constitutional Court after, upon the decision made […]
Reflection of recommendations by international election observation missions in the RA 2016 electoral code and their implementation during 2017 National Assembly and Yerevan City Council Elections
Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor analyzed the recommendations by international election observers and their implementation. According to the report, the current Electoral Code includes several recommendations by OSCE/ODIHR, yet many of these have not been properly adopted. The lack of open discussions during the drafting of the code was unfortunate. The recent elections showed that many […]
HCA Vanadzor report finds lack of implementation of recommendations
In Armenia, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor analyzed the recommendations by international election observers and their implementation in the 2017 National Assembly and Yerevan City Council Elections. According to the report, the current Electoral Code includes several recommendations by OSCE/ODIHR, yet many of these have not been properly adopted. The lack of open discussions during the […]
Independent Observer Public Alliance: Elections in Armenia non-free, accompanied by control over voters
April 2017, Yerevan The civil society in the Republic of Armenia constantly highlighted a number of problems regarding the electoral processes and the failure to solve such problems gives grounds to doubt the elections held in the country. These problems include the organized and widespread abuse of administrative resources and ineffective combat against it, […]
Over 2000 violations reported during election day in Armenia
On April 2, 3112 independent and non-partisan observers of Citizen Observer Initiative monitored the conduct of election day in Armenia at 1521 precincts. The observers registered overall 2131 cases of violations during the preparation of voting, the conduct of voting, counting and tabulation of votes, out of which 1243 have been so far verified. […]
Despite some improvements many violations reported during elections in Armenia
April 2017, Yerevan Sona Ayvazyan, Executive director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center acknowledged positive amendments to the election legislation and the introduction of the new voter registration devices which improved the election day proceedings. At the same time, Ayvazyan stressed that a high number of violations were reported to the “map of violations” on […]
Citizen observers: serious shortcomings observed during parliamentary campaign in Armenia
Shortly before the election day, Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer Public Alliance together with the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) presented their findings on the monitoring of the pre-election campaign. They also announced their action plan for the election day on 2 April. Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Programme Director at Transparency International Anticorruption […]