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Elections experts discuss campaign finance at OSCE/ODIHR roundtable
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
Measures to enhance the analysis of campaign finance by election observers were the focus of an expert roundtable organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 9 and 10 April 2015 in Warsaw.
Uzbekistan presidential election marked by lack of genuine political alternatives, legal and organizational shortcomings persist, say OSCE/ODIHR observers
Publishing date: 30 March 2015
TASHKENT, 30 March 2015 – The figure of the incumbent dominated a political landscape without genuine opposition in the 29 March presidential election in Uzbekistan, election observers sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement issued today. In this environment, persistent legal and organizational shortcomings of the electoral process remained unaddressed, the statement added...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for early presidential election in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
ASTANA, 26 March 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 26 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities of Kazakhstan...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2014 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 25 March 2015
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Sofia on 24 and 25 March 2015 to present recommendations from the final report on the 5 October 2014 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.
OSCE/ODIHR report recommends review of elections-related legal framework in Moldova
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
The review of the legal framework and enhancing capacity and authority of the campaign finance oversight body are two of the main recommendations contained in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 30 November 2014 parliamentary elections in Moldova.
OSCE/ODIHR regional roundtable discusses electoral dispute resolution
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
Existing practices on electoral dispute resolution were the focus of a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 9 and 10 March 2015, in Warsaw.
Although Tajikistan’s parliamentary elections provided some political alternatives, campaign space was restricted and a fair count could not be guaranteed, international observers say
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
DUSHANBE, 2 March 2015 – Some contestants provided political alternatives, yet the March 1 parliamentary elections in Tajikistan took place in a restricted political space and failed to provide a level playing field for candidates, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. Although the government stated its ambition to hold democratic elections, and some improvements were made to electoral law, restrictions on the right to candidacy, on freedoms of expression and assembly, and on access to the media limited the opportunity to make a free and informed choice...