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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations with French authorities
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Paris on 21 and 22 February 2018 to present the recommendations from ODIHR’s final report on the 2017 presidential election in France. The report’s findings and
International observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly arrive in Rome next week for Italian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 20 February 2018
COPENHAGEN, 20 February 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is deploying a mission of 42 international observers, including 33 parliamentarians from 22 countries, to Italy for the 4 March parliamentary elections. The observers arrive in Rome next week for two days of briefings before deploying for election day observation around the country.
OSCE/ODIHR experts take stock of pace of electoral reform in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 February 2018
Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) undertook a mid-term review visit to Kyiv from 7 to 9 February 2018 to collaboratively assess the status of follow-up on ODIHR’s electoral recommendations.
OSCE/ODIHR final report says Austria’s parliamentary elections professionally administered, recommends greater access to information for citizens, better guarantees for electoral dispute resolution
Publishing date: 7 February 2018
While concluding that the 15 October 2017 early parliamentary elections in Austria were conducted in an efficient and professional manner, with civil and political rights fully respected, the final report issued by observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for presidential election in the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 5 February 2018
MOSCOW, 5 February 2018 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission for the 18 March presidential election in the Russian Federation. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Russian authorities...
ODIHR experts visit Serbia for consultations as part of Western Balkans election support project
Publishing date: 1 February 2018
A team of experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) were in Serbia from 29 January to 1 February for a consultation and planning visit within the framework of the ODIHR Support to Elections in the Western Balkans project. The ODIHR team met with senior
OSCE/ODIHR final report on former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s municipal elections recommends continued and inclusive electoral reform
Publishing date: 19 January 2018
In its final report on the October 2017 municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends further review of the legal framework. The report, published on 19 January 2018, adds that such a review should be