News and press releases

While concluding that political parties were able to campaign freely in Albania’s 25 June 2017 parliamentary elections and that fundamental freedoms were respected, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) notes in its  final report an overall lack of public trust in the

BERLIN, 25 September 2017 – The 24 September parliamentary elections in Germany were a strong demonstration of the country’s commitment to democratic processes and provided an opportunity for voters to freely express their will, concluded international observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today following their first-ever election observation mission in the country. The efficiency and professionalism of the election administration, as well as a high level of public confidence in the overall integrity of the electoral process, contributed to the conduct of democratic elections.

SKOPJE, 13 September 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 15 October municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities...

TBILISI, 13 September 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 21 October local elections in Georgia. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Georgian authorities...

The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched two new publications on election observation at an event in Warsaw on 12 September 2017, during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The publications are part of the Office’s efforts to develop and refine

The importance and benefits of following up on recommendations from election observers was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 8 September 2017. The event was the first organized within the framework of a

BISHKEK, 5 September 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 15 October presidential election in Kyrgyzstan. The mission’s deployment follows an official invitation from the Kyrgyzstan authorities...