Webinar: Breathless run for office? Media and public party finances in Romania’s election marathon
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Expert Forum (EFOR) are pleased to invite you to our first briefing in a two-part series on the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Romania, taking place over three consecutive weekends between November 24 and December 8, 2024. During this intense electoral period, Romanian voters will head […]
Aage Borchgrevink: secrecy and freedom of elections in Georgia compromised
New Report: How Democrats Collude with Autocrats: Azerbaijan’s Elections Rigged with International Help
Our latest report reveals how representatives from both democratic and autocratic states helped Aliyev’s regime create an image of international and domestic legitimacy around Azerbaijan’s fraudulent 2024 snap parliamentary election. On September 1, 2024, the New Azerbaijan Party, led by President Ilham Aliyev, claimed a narrow victory in Azerbaijan’s snap parliamentary election. Although voting day […]
The situation on the eve of the elections*2025. The first report of the “Human rights defenders for free elections” campaign
The next, seventh, presidential elections* in Belarus have been scheduled by the House of Representatives for January 26, 2025, amid a deep human rights crisis caused by repression following peaceful protests against fraud in the 2020 presidential elections. This repression persists and even intensifies to this day: the authorities continue to arbitrarily persecute candidates, members […]
Azerbaijan: Free Anar Mammadli before COP29
Azerbaijan: Free Anar Mammadli before COP29 International human rights organizations, civil society groups, and election observers call on European and national leaders to press Azerbaijan to release political prisoner Anar Mammadli and other activists ahead of COP29. Human Rights Violations Ahead of COP29 With COP29 in Azerbaijan opening soon, we urge global and national leaders […]
Promo-LEX Mission for Observing the Presidential Elections and Republican Constitutional Referendum on October 20 (November 3), 2024: Conclusions and Findings – Second Round of Presidential Elections
On November 3, 2024, the day of the Presidential Elections (second round of elections) the Promo-LEX Observation Mission (OM) deployed short-term observers (STOs) to 614 polling stations, selected based on a sample provided by a sociological firm. Furthermore, a static observer was assigned to each of the 30 polling stations designated for voters from the […]
Obserwacja wyborcza w Gruzji a solidarność narodów
Naike Gruppioni, una renziana a Baku. In un report l’accusa: «Finta osservatrice»
Statement on Georgia’s Parliamentary Election on October 26, 2024
Date of Election: October 26, 2024 International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), a founding member of the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), launched a large-scale election observation mission on October 26. With around 1,000 observers inside polling stations, 235 observers stationed outside, and 45 abroad, was further bolstered by 73 observers at […]
ISFED Summary Statement on Georgia’s Parliamentary Election on October 26, 2024
1. Introduction and Key Findings To provide a comprehensive overview of the parliamentary election of October 26, 2024, it is important to assess the entire electoral process, which includes a detailed analysis of the pre-election period, election day, and the post-election period, and to draw conclusions based on these grounds. The results of the October […]