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Improving election dispute resolution in Ukraine
On 28 November 2017, the Seminar for judges of local administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal on “Election dispute resolution: international standards, European Court of Human Rights case law, national practice in Ukraine” was held in Kyiv. The seminar was organised by the...
Ukraine - Electoral training dedicated to election dispute resolution
On 28 November, a seminar for national administrative judges on “Election dispute resolution: international standards, the European Court of Human Rights case law and national court practice in Ukraine” will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The main aim of the seminar is to discuss problems which...
More women in politics means less men in politics
“The message to women is clear, but what is the message to men?” was one of the emerging questions during a lively and open discussion amongst representatives from local and national authorities, political parties, civil society organisations and media, during the presentation of the Azerbaijani...
Seminar on electoral dispute resolution in the Republic of Moldova
The Venice Commission organised a seminar on electoral dispute resolution in cooperation with the Central Electoral Commission Moldova (CEC), Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, and with the National Institute of Justice of Moldova. The first day of the seminar was for judges and CEC...
The Venice Commission visits Moldova to prepare an opinion on party and campaign financing
A delegation of the Venice Commission met with the Moldovan authorities and other stakeholders in the framework of the preparation of the Opinion on party and campaign financing which was carried out on 17-18 October, jointly with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office...
Call for participants "Winterschool on New Voting Technologies"
We are currently preparing a training on New Voting Technologies (NVT) for electoral stakeholders in Eastern Partnership countries. The seminar aims to create a common understanding and knowledge about what exactly are new voting technologies and how can they increase trust in the electoral...
Glass ceiling for Moldovan women in politics
Three studies on different aspects of political participation of women came to the same conclusion: there are enough skilled, experienced and willing women in Moldova to participate at decision making level in politics, but party policies and persisting stereotypes in the society don't allow them...
Election Dispute Resolution Seminar held in Georgia
The Venice Commission,the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the Central Election Commission of Georgia in cooperation with the Supreme Court of Georgia, organised an Election Dispute Resolution Seminar for about 90 judges of the courts of appeal of Georgia. It was held last 22-24...
Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: a major challenge for democratic elections - regional conference
Next 9-10 November, Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) , Venice Commission and Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, will hold in London, England, a regional conference entitled “Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: a major challenge for democratic...
Moldovan election stakeholders visit to Georgia
A Delegation of representatives of the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova, Centre for Continuous Electoral Training (CICDE) and the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova conducted a study visit to Georgia on 12-16 June 2017. The study visit was focused on learning the experience of the...
Post electoral conference as an important opportunity for dialog
On 6 December 2015 Armenia adopted amendments to the constitution by a referendum and moved from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary regime. Based on the requirement of the electoral system as introduced by these amendments the new Electoral Code was adopted on 25 May 2016 with 102 votes in...
New e-learning course for domestic observers
Within the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance with the European Union, the Electoral Assistance Division of the Council of Europe launches its new e-learning course for domestic observers. This course is composed of six training modules, which contain the main elements to lead...
Workshop on international standards related to media monitoring during pre-election campaign
Within EU funded project on “Promoting freedom, professionalism and pluralism of the media” the Council of Europe (CoE) in cooperation with the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC) organised a two-day workshop on international standards related to media monitoring during...
Supporting domestic observation of Yerevan council elections
60 polling stations and all 10 Territorial Electoral Commissions have been observed by the ‘Independent Observer’ Public Alliance on the Municipal Council Election Day on 14 May in Yerevan. Additionally five mobile observation groups were monitoring the situation outside the polling stations to...
International conference on democratic elections in Saint-Petersburg - 14th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies
Ways of improving the functioning of electoral administrations was the focus of an international conference taking place in the Tavrichesky Palais, St Petersburg, Russian Federation, on 15-16 May 2017. More than 120 participants representing about 40 countries and several international...
Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR visits the Republic of Moldova
A delegation of the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR visits the Republic of Moldova in view of the preparation of a joint opinion on the revision of the electoral legislation concerning the electoral system for the election of Parliament. The delegation will meet the President of the Republic,...
Request for opinion of the Venice Commission
Mr Andrian Candu, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on a second draft revision of the electoral legislation replacing the proportional system for the election of Parliament, in this case by a mixed system. This activity of the...
Support to long-term and short-term domestic observers of the parliamentary elections in Armenia
In the run-up to the Armenian parliamentary elections on 2 April, through new previsions in the Electoral Code and the introduction of new voter registration technologies, the professional training of local observers became a priority for numerous civil society organisations. As the new Electoral...
Mobile crew of journalists contribute to an independent electoral media coverage of parliamentary elections in Armenia
In order to improve the media coverage of the electoral campaign and the election day on 2 April of the parliamentary elections in Armenia, two training sessions on the rights and responsibilities of reporters during elections, the detection of electoral fraud and the main criteria’s of an...
Request for opinion - Republic of Moldova
Mr Andrian Candu, Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, has requested the opinion of the Venice Commission on a draft revision of the electoral legislation replacing the proportional system for the election of Parliament by a plurality system in one-member constituencies. This...