Referendum 2022: Final report
Significant violations of national legislation and the fundamental principles of holding fair and democratic elections during the referendum, including depriving observers of the opportunity to witness the vote count, does not give grounds to trust the election results announced by the CEC.
Referendum 2022: Final report
Final analytical report of the expert mission to assess the national referendum of 2022 on the issue of amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Summary Preparations for the referendum took place against the backdrop of a profound socio-political crisis triggered by the presidential election of August 2020 […]
Human Rights Situation in April 2022
Summary The war in Ukraine and its consequences have dramatically changed the current agenda in Europe and the rest of the world. The Human Rights Center Viasna (Viasna – hereinafter) strongly condemns the actions of Belarusian and Russian authorities that undermine the principles of peaceful coexistence of peoples, violate the Constitution and laws of […]
Online Workshop: Adapting polling stations to the needs of people with disabilities – law and practice (in Polish)
The Political Accountability Foundation invites you to participate in a training on adapting polling stations to the needs of people with disabilities. The training will be conducted by Dr. Jarosław Zbieranek and Sylwia Drozdowska. The regulations specifying the requirements that a designated accessible location must meet will be discussed. We also anticipate a “soft” part […]
Pseudo-referenda or incorporation into occupied Crimea
The Russian invaders have not been consistent so far in their approach to governing the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv Oblasts. In some places, L/DPR militants ‘appoint’ unknown persons to nonexistent offices, in others, there are talks of holding a pseudo-referendum, and PR campaigns are run elsewhere to […]
Comprehensive monitoring report on reforms in Armenia
Several Armenian civil society organizations, including EPDE members Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor and Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center, released a comprehensive monitoring report on the progress of reforms in Armenia.
Comprehensive monitoring report on reforms in Armenia
This report was prepared in the scope of the “Enabling civil society’s collective monitoring and advocacy to pursue credible and systemic reforms entailed in the Armenia – EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA)” project supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia. This report was prepared by: Open Society Foundations […]
Opinion on legislative draft amendments concerning freedom of expression
Opinion on the Draft Law No 123 amending some regulatory acts passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in the first reading on 7 April 2022 18 April 2022Addressed to Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of MoldovaEsteemed Speaker,Esteemed members of the Committee for Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sport and Mass-media, […]
Lack of public consultation in draft law
PUBLIC CALL Promo-LEX Association calls on the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova to fully address the electoral recommendations of the Constitutional Court To: The Parliament of the Republic of MoldovaCommittee on legal affairs, appointments and immunitiesCopy: The Central Electoral Commission On 10 March 2022, the Parliament approved, in the first reading, the Draft […]
War against Ukraine – Statements by EPDE Members
Democracy defenders across Europe have been shocked by Russia’s attack on democratic and independent Ukraine. Within the EPDE, members have issued statements of solidarity and support for our Ukrainian colleagues. We have collected some of these here. We, the undersigned civil society organizations from Georgia and Ukraine, believe that Russia’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine […]