Report on Belarus Parliamentary Elections
Belarusian authorities have not abandoned the repressive practices against their political opponents: peaceful protesters are still subjected to administrative liability, other civil and political rights are restricted, the country has new political prisoners. The Belarusian authorities have not made any measures aimed at systemic and qualitative changes in the field of human rights, especially at […]
Results of Independent Observation: Facts, Analysis, Comments
The report provides an analysis of all stages of the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the sixth convocation held on 11 September 2016. Despite the fact that the vote was accompanied by unfavorable trends in the social and economic spheres, the campaign took place […]
Challenges and Prospects of Electoral Reform in Ukraine – EPDE Policy Paper
Electoral reform is a crucial component of a strong and sustainable democracy in Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian election legislation ranks among the least stable in Europe. Six out of the last eight parliamentary elections in Ukraine were held under different electoral legal frameworks. Moreover, four different electoral systems were in place. In most cases, either […]
Challenges and Prospects of Electoral Reform in Ukraine
With the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2019, international actors should take action and encourage the Ukrainian government to overcome the prevailing reform fatigue and push for the implementation of the following reform steps: a proportional electoral system with open regional electoral lists, the right to vote for IDPs, a proper legal framework for the […]
EPDE research trip to French parliamentary elections
June 2017, Paris The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and several of its member organisations from Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany and Lithuania will conduct a research trip to the upcoming second and decisive round of the French parliamentary elections. Six election experts from the EPDE network will participate in this study trip to […]
Presentations of the experts at the International Conference on Electoral systems in Moldova
On 23 May 2017, Promo-Lex Association hosted the international conference “Options and considerations for reforming the electoral system of the Republic of Moldova. Comparisons from international experience” in Chisinau. International experts, including EPDE experts, from Western and Eastern European countries provided input for this debate. Representing countries such as the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Georgia, Ukraine, […]
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 […]
Electoral System Design in Moldova
The Norwegian expert Mette Bakken and her Romanian colleague Adrian Sorescu presented the study ‘Electoral System Design in Moldova’ at the international conference on electoral systems in Moldova. Ms Bakken and Mr Sorescu argue that in Moldova, it is not clear what would be the result from passing from one electoral system to another. Therefore, […]
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 […]