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(5 - excellent, 1 - very bad) 5 4 3 2 1 Pole archive Members of the Election Monitoring Center Established New NGO The new NGO called Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center will deal with development of election system and education of the democratic values. 15 December 2008 Election Monitoring Center , Azerbaijan Voting in Institute for Realization of Criminal Sanctions (ZIKS) was not transparent Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) observed the conduct of elections for councilors of the Local Parliament in Kotor, taking into account polling stations determined by the October 14th decision of the Municipal Election Commission... Download file doc1226930484.doc in English 17 November 2008 Center for Democratic Transition , Montenegro Concept of amending Kazakhstan electoral legislation In the light of forthcoming in 2010 Kazakhstan OSCE Chairmanship it is necessary to clearly understand, which exact changes required to correspond electoral legislation to OSCE standards in the sphere of elections. Download file doc1226427336.doc in English Download file doc1226428377.pdf in English Download file doc1226427977.doc in English 11 November 2008 Republican Network of Independent Observers (RNIO) , Kazakhstan Report on long-term and short-term monitoring of October 4th, 2008 Senate Elections Republican Network of Independent Monitors for the first time implemented long-term and short-term monitoring of indirect (via electors) October 4, 2008 elections of deputies to Senate of Parliament. Monitoring was held on elections day and also during whole period, preceding day of elections. Download file doc1226427191.doc in English 11 November 2008 Republican Network of Independent Observers (RNIO) , Kazakhstan Statement No. 3 of GOLOS Association This statement is the third GOLOS Association statement on the results of monitoring of the elections of deputies of legislative bodies of Russian Federation subjects, heads of administrative centers of Russian Federation subjects, and deputies of representative bodies of municipal raions and other municipal entities, set for October 12, 2008. Download file doc1225376612.doc in English 30 October 2008 GOLOS , Russian Federation ISFED: Election Update International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) actively started pre-election activities for the November 3, 2008 Adjara Autonomous Republic Supreme Council Elections and Parliament of Georgia By-Elections. ISFED present its first edition of an online bulletin "Election Update"... Download file doc1224846126.pdf in English 24 October 2008 International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED Georgia) , Georgia More documents Voting in Institute for Realization of Criminal Sanctions (ZIKS) was not transparent Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) observed the conduct of elections for councilors of the Local Parliament in Kotor, taking into account polling stations determined by the October 14th decision of the Municipal Election Commission... Download file doc1226930484.doc in English 17 November 2008 Center for Democratic Transition , Montenegro Report on long-term and short-term monitoring of October 4th, 2008 Senate Elections Republican Network of Independent Monitors for the first time implemented long-term and short-term monitoring of indirect (via electors) October 4, 2008 elections of deputies to Senate of Parliament. Monitoring was held on elections day and also during whole period, preceding day of elections. Download file doc1226427191.doc in English 11 November 2008 Republican Network of Independent Observers (RNIO) , Kazakhstan Statement No. 3 of GOLOS Association This statement is the third GOLOS Association statement on the results of monitoring of the elections of deputies of legislative bodies of Russian Federation subjects, heads of administrative centers of Russian Federation subjects, and deputies of representative bodies of municipal raions and other municipal entities, set for October 12, 2008. Download file doc1225376612.doc in English 30 October 2008 GOLOS , Russian Federation ISFED: Election Update International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) actively started pre-election activities for the November 3, 2008 Adjara Autonomous Republic Supreme Council Elections and Parliament of Georgia By-Elections. ISFED present its first edition of an online bulletin "Election Update"... Download file doc1224846126.pdf in English 24 October 2008 International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED Georgia) , Georgia Preliminary statement on the Results of E-day Observation of Azerbaijan Presidential Elections Preliminary statement of the statistically based observation of a citizen group of observers on the Results of the Election Day Observation of the October 15, 2008 Presidential Elections of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Download file doc1225375520.pdf in English 17 October 2008 Election Monitoring Center , Azerbaijan Statement #2 of «GOLOS» Association Statement #2 of «GOLOS» Association based on the results of long-term monitoring of regional electoral campaigns (The campaigning stage). Download file doc1223982005.doc in English 14 October 2008 GOLOS , Russian Federation Early elections called in Ukraine October 8 president of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko dissolve the parliament and called early elections on December 7. According to member of Central election commission Mikhail Ohendovsky, the CEC is ready for pre-term elections of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine... 09 October 2008 , referring to beta.ostro.org; www.rbc.ua; news.online.ua, Ukraine Parliamentary elections in Austria Parliamentary elections were held in Austria, and for the first time in history neither of the country's two largest parties managed to attract more than 30 percent of voters. It was the far-right parties that benefited from the electorate's frustration. 30 September 2008 , referring to electionresources.org; www.spiegel.de, Austria Parliamentary Election: Human Rights Defenders draw preliminary conclusions From the moment of announcement of the elections to the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of 4th convocation Belarusian Helsinki Committee, in cooperation with the human rights defenders, began the monitoring of the election. The monitoring was conducted on the basis of long-term observation of the main stages of the election campaign... 30 September 2008 , Belarusian Helsinki Committee, in cooperation with the human rights defenders Human Rights Center "Viasna" , Belarus Pre-election campaigning. Monitoring: results and conclusions Human rights defenders traced carrying out of a stage of pre-election campaign within the limits of long-term monitoring of elections. 29 September 2008 , "Right defenders for free elections" Human Rights Center "Viasna" , Belarus EMC: Initial LTO report Election Monitoring Center (EMC) has conducted the first stage (August 1-September 20, 2008) of Long Term Observation (LTO) in advance of the 15 October 2008 Presidential Election. LTO includes monitoring of the whole election process including the pre-election environment and the post-election process. Download file doc1222687133.pdf in English 29 September 2008 Election Monitoring Center , Azerbaijan Election week: events and generalizations The main intrigue of the week is a question: will or won’t opposition candidates participate in elections? The integrated approach is not developed, though some of the candidates have withdrawn their candidacies. The BNF party compromised with candidates for promotion and gave them an opportunity to make decisions independently. 23 September 2008 Human Rights Center "Viasna" , Belarus More documents Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uzbekistan Last publication Declaration by domestic election observers 2008 We, a group of like-minded domestic election observers, believe that transparency, accountability and credibility are the most important cornerstones of democratic elections. They provide for establishing public confidence, including confidence of electoral competitors. Our work in terms of scrutiny of, and support to, electoral processes significantly contributes to the promotion of democracy and the protection of basic human rights. Compendium of International Standards for Elections 2008 , European Commission This compendium aims to assist EU Election Observation Missions and other interested stakeholders in clearly identifying the international standards to use in assessing the conduct of elections. To facilitate such assessment, a practical guide has been included as an annex. It is the Commission’s expectation that EU Election Observation Missions will make use of this new tool to assess the conduct of elections in line with international standards and ensure coherence among EU Election Observatio Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2008 The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures… More documents Election observation Declaration by domestic election observers 2008 We, a group of like-minded domestic election observers, believe that transparency, accountability and credibility are the most important cornerstones of democratic elections. They provide for establishing public confidence, including confidence of electoral competitors. Our work in terms of scrutiny of, and support to, electoral processes significantly contributes to the promotion of democracy and the protection of basic human rights. Compendium of International Standards for Elections 2008 , European Commission This compendium aims to assist EU Election Observation Missions and other interested stakeholders in clearly identifying the international standards to use in assessing the conduct of elections. To facilitate such assessment, a practical guide has been included as an annex. It is the Commission’s expectation that EU Election Observation Missions will make use of this new tool to assess the conduct of elections in line with international standards and ensure coherence among EU Election Observatio Election evaluation guide 2006 , Venice Commission Adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections at its 17th meeting (Venice, 8-9 June 2006) and the Venice Commission at its 67th plenary session (Venice, 9-10 June 2006). More documents Election conduction Guidelines for election broadcasting in transitional democracies 2007 , ARTICLE 19 A practical and comprehensive set of guidelines and background material for governments, broadcasters, political parties, election monitoring and citizens' groups, and all those concerned with the vital issue of free and fair elections. Council Directive 93/109/EC 2007 Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals Council Directive 94/80/EC 2007 , Council Of The European Union Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals. More documents Democratic standards Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2008 The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures… International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2008 Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors… International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 2008 States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of political rights, in particular the right to participate in elections-to vote and to stand for election-on the basis of universal and equal suffrage, to take part in the Government as well as in the conduct of public affairs at any level and More documents International Organizations Information about 19 international organizations dealing with election and human rights monitoring. Governmental Organizations Information about 158 governmental organizations. Domestic Observers Organizations Information about 26 organizations conducting election observation campaigns in their home countries and abroad. Election Related Organizations Information about 22 election related organizations in their home countries and abroad. Domestic Observers Activists Information about 9 activists experienced in election observation campaigns in their home countries and abroad. Organizations from other regions © Committee of Voters of Ukraine, 2004 Contact email: support@electiondog.net Supported by OSCE/ODIHR Our banner at your site