Challenges for electoral reform in Moldova discussed at international conference
On 23 May 2017, Promo-Lex Association, an EPDE member, hosted the international conference “Options and considerations for reforming the electoral system of the Republic of Moldova. Comparisons from international experience” in Chisinau. The conference took place in the light of a current legislative initiative in the Moldovan parliament that aims at changing the election […]
Two new electoral handbooks published by Council of Europe with support of EPDE members
Juni 2017, Straßburg The Council of Europe has recently published two new handbooks for Civil Society Organisations: “Reporting on elections” and “Using international election standards”. Several members of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) took an active role in developing these handbooks, among them Roman Udot from GOLOS (Russia), Nicolae Panfil from Promo-Lex […]
EPDE experts contribute to Promo-Lex’ conference on electoral reform in Moldova
EPDE-member Promo-Lex Association organizes an international conference “Options and considerations for reforming the electoral system of the Republic of Moldova. Comparisons from international experience”. International experts from western and eastern Europe will analyze the recent election law reform pushed forward by one of the political parties in Moldova. The experts will present pros and contras […]
Georgian CSOs concerned about new election regulations
Georgian civil society organizations have issued a joint assessment of the work of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia. The document reflects the views of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Transparency International – Georgia, and the Open Society Georgia – Foundation (OSGF). These four organizations […]
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 […]
Assessment report on preparation and result of the 26 September constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan
EMDS believes that comprehensive assessment of 26 September 2016 Referendum requires consideration of all stages of the referendum including evaluation of awareness raising among public on proposed amendments, political situation and conditions prior to the referendum, the election legislation, conduct of the Referendum Day and vote tabulation against the legislation of the country and its international commitments.EMDS notes […]
Golos coordinator sentenced to four days detention after protests in Saratov
April 2017, Saratov On 26 March 2017 Russian police arrested hundreds of mostly young people for joining nationwide anti-corruption protests in Russia.The police illegally and violently prevented journalists from their work. Officially accredited Civic Monitoring Commission was deprived of the right to monitor the activities of the police. Member of this Commission and […]
Joint Press Conference on the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia
Invitation to the Joint Press Conference on the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia Venue: Armenia Marriott Hotel, Yerevan, “Levon of Cilicia” meeting room Date: March 31, 12:00 hours Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer Public Alliance, together with the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) Citizen Observer Initiative and Independent Observer […]