News and press releases

A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) completed meetings on 10 October 2013 in Podgorica, where it presented the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission for the 7 April presidential election in Montenegro...

BAKU, 10 October 2013 – The 9 October presidential election in Azerbaijan was undermined by limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly and association that did not guarantee a level playing field for candidates, the international observers concluded in a statement released today. Continued allegations of candidate and voter intimidation and a restrictive media environment marred the campaign...

Four years of OSCE work to enhance women’s participation in local decision-making were marked at a conference in Prishtinë/Priština on 9 October 2013...

A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Skopje from 2 to 4 October 2013 to present the final report of the Election Observation Mission for the 24 March municipal elections...

DUSHANBE, 2 October 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan...

A new handbook on observing the use of new technologies in elections, including electronic voting and automated counting, was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 1 October 2013...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented a revised and expanded edition of its guidelines for reviewing electoral legislation, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2013...