🇬🇪’s CEC adopted a decree shifting the timeline for casting lots distributing functions among Precinct Election Commission Members (PECs) to at least 7 days before voting day. We see this as inconsistent with electoral law & a threat to PECs' independence shorturl.at/OOJ70

#Policy💬 🗳️The #EU2024 elections are now behind us: how did the biggest democratic exercise in the world fare in terms of integrity and citizens’ inclusion? #SaveTheDate for our assessment! Join us here ➡️ow.ly/5k3I50Svolg

Today, the 2024 Parliamentary elections take place in Azerbaijan under severe restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly, and association. Join OSCE/ODIHR press conference on preliminary observation results tomorrow at 1 pm CET osce.org/odihr/election…

🇲🇩 Moldova's upcoming presidential election (Oct 2024) will operate under a new electoral code, including a reform of central electoral bodies, campaign finance regulation, and improved diaspora voting. Petru Culeac analyzes the key changes in our latest Policy Alert:

We've written to PACE Bureau members to alert them to the intensified repression in Azerbaijan since January 2024, alongside 12 partner NGOs. Share to increase pressure on @CoE to prioritise the release of Anar Mammadli ahead of #COP29! #FreeAnar free-anar.site/call-to-pace-b…

Elections are a critical foundation for democracy. This #DemocracyDay, explore how the Model Commitments for Advancing Genuine and Credible Elections from International IDEA, The Carter Center, National Democratic Institute, IFES, and Kofi Annan Foundation are essential for #electionintegrity. bit.ly/3zjWCuu

We welcome you Alain Berset and hope you’ll be a voice to free #HumanRightsDefenders #journalists in Azerbaijan’s prisons. Let’s start with Anar Mammadli #FreeAnar free-anar.site/anar-mammadli/ cc Front Line Defenders FIDH World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Norwegian Helsinki Committee NL Helsinki Committee European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) Oleksandra Matviichuk

📢 #Statement Azerbaijan 2024 parliamentary “elections”: No domestic observation possible Over 300 activists, journalists, and opposition leaders remain unjustly jailed in 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, including our esteemed colleague #AnarMammadli, leader of a prominent election observation