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Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS)

www.smdtaz.org

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33A/75 Khudu Mammadov street, AZ1123, Baku, Azerbaijan

Twitter:@smdt_emds

Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) is an independent and impartial non-governmental organization which work for holding free and fair elections, development of civil society and democracy in Azerbaijan. Election Monitoring and Democratic Studies Center (EMDS) was founded on 1st of December in 2008 by the founders and members of Election Monitoring Center (EMC) which state registration was denounced.

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Documents

EMDS

Presidential Election

EMDS preliminary statement on findings of monitoring the Presidential Election

Presidential Election

On the scheduling of the early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018

EMDS Assessment Report

Assessment report on implementation status of recommendations on improvement of electoral process in Azerbaijan

Constitutional Referendum in Azerbaijan

Assessment report on preparation and result of the 26 September constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan

Parliamentary Elections

Final Report

Parliamentary Elections

Analysis of the Activity of International Monitoring Missions

Constitutional Referendum

Armenian Election Monitoring Groups protest against pushing forward constitutional reform by the presidential administration

Human Dimension Meeting of ODIHR

Harassment of Independent Citizens’ Election Observers – Challenges for international Institutions and Civil Society

News

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

EMDS preliminary statement on findings of monitoring the Presidential Election

Azerbaijan

Presidential election in Azerbaijan: Infographics

Azerbaijan

EMDS Statement on the scheduling of the early Presidential Election

Although declaring early election is in line with the Constitution and the Election Code of the country, it is against the principles of democratic constitutionalism and periodicity of elections.

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Azerbaijan

EMDS criticizes infringement of fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan

EPDE member EMDS notes with regret that the Government of Azerbaijan has taken steps towards restricting freedom of expression on the internet and criminalizing unauthorized assemblies.

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Azerbaijan

Assessment report on preparation and result of the 26 September constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

International “Election Observers” Whitewash Fraudulent Referendum in Azerbaijan

On September 26, 2016 Azerbaijan held a hastily called, and controversial, referendum. EPDE has monitored the conduct of international election observer missions.

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Azerbaijan

EMDS: Referendum in Azerbaijan failed to meet international standards

Due to shortcomings in situation of democracy and political freedoms prior to and during the Referendum, including the voting day, the Referendum failed to meet requirements of election legislation and international commitments.

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Azerbaijan

Opinion on the proposed amendments to the Constitution and preparations to the Referendum

Оn 26 September 2016 Azerbaijan will hold a referendum which proposes to amend 29 articles of the Constitution.

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Azerbaijan

Anar Mammadli pardoned after almost 2,5 years in prison

On 17 March, Anar Mammadli, EPDE board member and the Director of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS), based in Baku, Azerbaijan, was pardoned by the president Aliev along with a number of high profile political prisoners. 

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News

Parliamentary Elections Marred by Political Imprisonment, Violations of Freedoms to Assembly, Association, and Expression

source: apa.az

Azerbaijan

Whitewashing of Flawed Parliamentary Elections Through PACE and Other EOMs

A significant number of international observation missions registered for the recent Parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan have violated international standards of election observation. 

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Azerbaijan

Failing preconditions to hold free and fair parliamentary elections

EMDS received credible allegations that voters providing signatures in favor of registration of opposition candidates faced wide-spread pressure and intimidation and in number of occasions withdrew their signatures.

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EPDE

Increasing Harassment of EPDE Members - Results of the EPDE side event on the HDIM of ODIHR on the 25th of September, Warsaw

Authoritarian regimes "copy and paste" laws to restrict the watchdog function of independent election observers.

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Azerbaijan

Shameful statement of PACE pre-electoral mission raises concern about impartiality of PACE delegates

On 21 and 22 September a PACE delegation consisting of the delegates Jordi Xuclà, Aleksandar Nikoloski, Egemen Bagis and Agustín Conde visited Azerbaijan for a pre-electoral mission.

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