Joint Assessment of the Work of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia
The purpose of the joint assessment is to provide the Venice Commission with a comprehensive overview of the working process of the Constitutional Commission together with the CSO opinions on some of the most crucial amendments introduced by the draft of the constitution. Namely, these are the electoral system of the Parliament, election of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]