Leveraging Tech for Election Integrity: EPDE at RightsCon 2025
EPDE hosted a roundtable at RightsCon 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan “For every autocratic move, tireless human rights defenders innovate, unite, and hold governments accountable. Our task is to stay ahead, stay connected, never give in.” – these words by a human rights defender at a lightning talk encapsulate the spirit of RightsCon 2025, which took […]
Online Event: How has Ukrainian civil society evolved to be an engine of freedom and security? | March 6 | 17:00 CET
📅 Date and time: 06 March 2025 at 18:00 (Kyiv) 17:00 (Budapest) 16:00 (London) Our members, Unhack Democracy and Civil Network OPORA, in partnership with the Civil Kollégium Alapítvány, invite you to a webinar to engage in a discussion about the evolution of Ukrainian civil society in supporting democracy and security, the key turning points […]
Statement of Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organizations on the Impossibility of Holding Democratic Elections without the Sustainable Peace
Democracy in war time must be protected even more than during peace time because the cost of a mistake or loss of trust is extremely high. Our friends’ and partners’ efforts should ensure that the elections result in a genuine expression of the will of the Ukrainian nation. Just as the international standards for peaceful […]
EPDE hosted a high-level roundtable on Kosovo’s 2025 elections
Key Takeaways from observing the 2025 parliamentary elections in Kosovo On February 12, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) hosted a high-level round table discussion on Kosovo’s 2025 parliamentary elections in Pristina. The event brought together senior diplomats, international and domestic election observers, and representatives of international and domestic civil society organizations. Opening the […]
Study trip to the 2025 parliamentary election in Kosovo
EPDE Network Members Explore Election Procedures in Kosovo During Study Trip From 5-10 February 2025, the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) organized a study trip for network members and partners to observe the 2025 parliamentary elections in Kosovo. 24 EPDE members from 10 countries engaged with key stakeholders in Kosovo’s political and electoral landscape […]
EPDE Statement: Meet the Props: How Lukashenka’s Fake Observers Tried to Sell His Sham Election
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) has exposed how over 90 politically biased “observers” were deployed to whitewash the fraudulent 2025 Belarusian Presidential Election. The Lukashenka regime, notorious for systematic human rights abuses and repression of civil society, manufactured international legitimacy by inviting hand-picked “observers”—many with direct ties to authoritarian regimes, Kremlin-linked disinformation networks, or criminal investigations in their home countries. […]
Lukashenka or Lukashenka? Elections* without Choice in Belarus
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE),together with Belarusian Helsinki Committee and Human Rights Center Viasna, hosted a briefing on Belarus’s upcoming presidential elections*, scheduled for January 26, 2025. The recording is now available on YouTube. For the seventh time, Belarus is staging the ritual of “electing” Aliaksandr Lukashenka as president, in a climate of […]
European Democracy Hub: What Does the ‘Year of Elections’ Tell Us About Democracy?
Moldova: Elections and Kremlin’s Shadow By Lukasz Kondraciuk, Election Integrity and CivicTech Lead at the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE). Moldova’s October 2024 elections and referendum, characterised by unprecedented Kremlin-sponsored influence attempts, highlighted a climate of profound political and geopolitical divisions in the country representing two drastically competing visions for Moldova’s future. The governing […]
ISFED: The illegitimate parliament subordinates the municipal representative body electoral system to the interests of the Georgian Dream
The statement was first published on ISFED’s website. On December 13, 2024, the illegitimate Parliament of Georgia unilaterally and in an accelerated manner amended the Organic Law of Georgia “Election Code of Georgia” and significantly increased the share of the majoritarian component in the mixed electoral system for the elections of the representative body of […]
Press statement: The Return of the Western Colluders: Fake Observers at the Georgian Parliamentary Elections 2024
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), in cooperation with researcher Eto Buziashvili, Research Associate of the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab, identified 23 politically biased observers who helped whitewash the fraudulent 2024 Georgian Parliamentary Election. Authoritarian regimes like Russia and Azerbaijan have long relied on such observers to legitimize rigged elections. While heightened scrutiny has curbed […]