ODIHR
November 19, 2010During a visit to Kyiv, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on the Ukrainian authorities to safeguard and consolidate the improvements to the country's electoral framework...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
September 08, 2010The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan. "The upcoming parliamentary elections will be an important test of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE holds roundtable discussion on Moldova's hate crimes legislation
June 23, 2010Moldova's draft hate crimes legislation was the focus of an OSCE roundtable discussion that took place in Chisinau today. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE: Ukraine's presidential election meets most international commitments
January 18, 2010The first round of Ukraine's presidential election was of high quality and showed significant progress over previous elections, meeting most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments, concluded the international election observation mission in a statement...
OSCE/ODIHR to assess presidential election in Romania
October 28, 2009The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally opened its limited election observation mission today for the 22 November presidential election in Romania. ODIHR was invited by the Romanian authorities to observe the election...
Moldova–polygon for testing „dirty” electoral techniques (II)
September 23, 2009By Lilia GUREZ, Igor VOLNITCHI Part 2 (See Part 1) In July of 2009 we published an investigation, providing evidence and testimonies proving that the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova held on [April] 5, 2009 were accompanied...
Moldova accredited international, domestic election observers
July 09, 2009Moldova's Central Election Commission (CEC) accredited 28 international and 139 domestic observers to monitor the preterm parliamentary election on 29 July. CEC accredited 15 observers from the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Moldova, 5 observers...
OSCE opens election observation mission in Moldova
June 28, 2009The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the early parliamentary elections in Moldova scheduled for 29 July. "The challenge will be to remedy the shortcomings noted...
ODIHR final report on elections in Moldova: further shortcomings
June 17, 2009The monitoring of the post-election situation in Moldova brought to light further shortcomings with the 5 April parliamentary elections, concluded the final report on the election process released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Moldova: Change Anyone Really Can Believe In?
May 12, 2009By Rodger Potocki The focus has been on election results in Moldova, but the fix likely was in before the first ballot was cast. The mantra of Barack Obama's U.S. presidential campaign seems to have touched even tiny Moldova, which held parliamentary...