News and press releases

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...

TBILISI, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 27 October presidential election in Georgia...

Mongolia’s presidential election on 26 June 2013 was characterized by a competitive campaign and respect for fundamental freedoms, but further efforts are required to address gaps and inconsistencies in the legal framework, concludes the final report by election observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

SARAJEVO, 18 September 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Constitutional and Legal Committees of BiH Parliament, supported an expert debate on the electoral legislation with focus on election administration, candidate lists and mandates, in Sarajevo today...

ASHGABAT/OSLO, 10 September 2013 – Three members of the Turkmenistan Central Election Commission and one representative of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights learned about the electoral procedures of parliamentary elections in Norway during an OSCE-supported visit concluding in Oslo today...