Belarus | Four years of arbitrary detention – the crackdown on Viasna members must end
Four years after the detention of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, along with the EPDE and other organisations, urge the Belarusian authorities to uphold […]
Defending Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age. EPDE at the Money in Politics Conference
EPDE board member Zosia Lutkiewicz, President of the Political Accountability Foundation, took part in the 2025 edition of the Money in Politics conference, held on 8-9 July in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The conference provided a focused platform for examining the growing vulnerabilities at the intersection of political finance and digital campaigning. This year, key […]
Future proofing election observation with EPDE’s ElectLab
The landscape of election observation is changing rapidly. While traditional monitoring methods remain essential, today’s observers face an increasingly complex array of hybrid threats to election integrity. From artificial intelligence and platform manipulation to foreign interference and data protection risks, the challenges demand new skills and approaches from election observers. Recognising the urgency of this […]
EPDE Establishes Advisory Council
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) proudly announces the formation of its Advisory Council. From July 2025, this new body will support the EPDE Board and Secretariat in shaping the platform’s strategic development, enhancing programmatic impact, and expanding partnerships that safeguard democratic values in Europe and beyond. The Advisory Council will play a key […]
Statement | No More Election Observation in Azerbaijan – And the EU is Partly to Blame
EPDE demands immediate and unconditional release of Anar Mammadli as politically motivated trial set to start on 7 July 2025. On 7 July 2025, the Baku criminal court will begin the main hearings in the trial of our colleague Anar Mammadli, co-founder of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), director of Azerbaijan’s only remaining […]
Webinar: Observation Methodologies and Reporting: International and Domestic Lessons from Moldova’s 2024 Elections | 10 JULY 2025 | 14:00 CET / 15:00 EEST
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), in co-organization with the Promo-LEX Association, is pleased to invite you to the second webinar of a series ahead of the 2025 parliamentary elections in Moldova. This session offers a technical, in-depth review of election observation systems implemented during Moldova’s October/November 2024 elections, covering both the presidential vote […]
GNDEM Expresses Its Ongoing Serious Concern Over the Continued Closing of Civic Space in Georgia and Stands in Solidarity with Georgian Civic Organizations
The Global Network for Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) expresses its ongoing serious concern over the continued closing of civic space in Georgia. Most recently, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) presented court orders to a number of civic organizations, including GNDEM member the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), requiring them to provide essentially […]
Georgia | The Anti-Corruption Bureau requests information about beneficiaries of ISFED
On June 23, 2025, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) presented a court order to our member organization International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) granting the ACB’s motion, which demands virtually all information held by the organization from January 1, 2024, to June 10, 2025, including legally protected personal data of the organization’s beneficiaries and […]
Webinar: Beyond the Ballot Box: Poland’s 2025 Election and the Unraveling of Electoral Safeguards | 25 June 2025 | 3 PM CET
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and the Political Accountability Foundation (PAF) are pleased to invite you to the a webinar on the takeaways from the recent presidential elections in Poland. The 2025 presidential election in Poland may mark a turning point, setting new trends in how campaigns are conducted in modern democracies. A […]
Citizen Election Observers from Europe and Africa Launch First-Ever Transcontinental Cooperation to Counter Threats to Democracy
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and the African Electoral Observation Network (AfEONet), representing together thousands of election experts and volunteer observers, have launched the first-ever strategic transcontinental collaboration on citizen election observation. This initiative aims to strengthen solidarity among civil society monitors and to support democratic processes across both Europe and Africa. Countering […]