Controversial ‘International Observation’ at the 2019 Regional elections in Russia
In July 2019, the Moscow City Election Commission (MCEC) refused to register the overwhelming majority of independent opposition candidates for the elections to the Moscow City Duma. In order to neutralise the negative effects of the MCEC’s decision, which provoked mass protests in Moscow and undermined the legitimacy of the elections, Russian state institutions […]
Domestic observers report lack of progress in nomination and registration of candidates
Parliamentary elections 2019: Report on the nomination and registration of candidates The nomination and registration of candidates were not marked by any significant differences as compared to the previous parliamentary elections, concludes an interim report by the nation-wide campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”. The findings were presented today at a press conference in […]
Report on the nomination and registration of candidates
The nomination and registration of candidates were not marked by any significant differences as compared to the previous parliamentary elections, concludes an interim report by the nation-wide campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”. The elections retained all of the negative things that were observed during previous campaigns: low representation of opposition in election commissions, […]
Promo-LEX: Recent legislative changes create substantial ambiguities for participants in the electoral process
Photo: Promo-LEX On 20 October, nation-wide Local elections will take place in Moldova. Furthermore, Parliamentary elections are scheduled in four constituencies, where the deputies previously resigned. Promo-Lex sees the introduction of amendments to the Electoral Code during the electoral period as having a negative impact on the correctness and predictability of the electoral process In […]
Observation Mission Reports
Promo-LEX: Recent legislative changes create substantial ambiguities for participants in the electoral process. The Promo-LEX Observation Mission is concerned about the modification of some legislative acts, by Law no. 113/2019, which has been made during the electoral period. The changes deal with such fundamental aspects as: electoral campaigning, financing of electoral campaigns, designation and registration […]
Report on the preparation to and political situation prior to the 27 December 2019 Municipal Elections
EMDS believes that the authorities failed to address shortcomings of the Election Code despite the repeated calls and recommendations of domestic organizations, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and the OSCE/ODIHR. In this report, EMDS assessed the preparations to the 27 December 2019 Municipal Elections and found that: fair composition of election commissions, […]
Report on the preparation to and political situation prior to the 27 December 2019 Municipal Elections
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) prepared an assessment of the preparations to the 27 December 2019 Municipal Elections, the fifth in the history of independent Azerbaijan. The document analyses the pre-election situation and the implementation status of recommendations of domestic and international organizations, particularly those by Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights […]
Controversial “International Observation” at the 2019 Regional elections in Russia
In Anton Shekhovtsov’s newest study, he analyzes how Russian officials invited “international experts” with known involvement in various pro-Kremlin efforts to observe the regional elections in Moscow and how they were used by officials, pro-regime media and organizations to legitimize the electoral process and neutralize the negative effect of refusing to register independent opposition candidates […]
Report on the formation of precinct election commissions
All the observers of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” were able to freely attend the meetings of bodies that formed the precinct election commissions (PECs), but the absence of legal guarantees for the representation of all political actors on the election commissions, as in the past, resulted in arbitrary and discriminatory treatment […]
Discrimination against opposition in formation of DECs and PECs
Parliamentary elections 2019. Report on the formation of territorial and district election commissions Observation of the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus is carried out by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” in the framework of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”. […]