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2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The mechanism of CEC formation should be reconsidered to provide sufficient safeguards for its independence and impartiality and to enhance public confidence in the election administration.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance the independence of election commissions, appointment mechanisms should be adjusted to avoid replicating existing hierarchical relationships in public institutions. In addition, the authorities could consider excluding local executive representatives and other public officials from concurrently serving as election commission members.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2015
EOM
Presidential
The authorities should reconsider the mechanism of appointment of CEC members to ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place for its independence and impartiality and to improve public confidence in the election administration.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
In view of ensuring the impartiality of the election administration and increasing public trust, local executive officials should not be allowed to simultaneously serve on election commissions or interfere in their activities.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To facilitate the equal participation of persons with physical disabilities in elections, the CEC, in co-operation with the relevant state authorities and in consultation with civil society, should continue to take measures to ensure autonomous access to all polling stations.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2015
EOM
Presidential
Detailed procedures for aspects left unregulated by the Electoral Code should be developed by the CEC to enhance accountability, inclusiveness, transparency, security and integrity of the process and to ensure clear and uniform rules for lower-level election commission.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance the pluralistic representation on election commissions and to promote confidence in the election administration, consideration should be given to ensuring the inclusion of commission members nominated by all contestants. To enhance the independence of election commission members, commissions should not replicate existing hierarchical relationships in public institutions.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The blanket disenfranchisement of citizens serving prison terms should be reconsidered to ensure proportionality between the limitation imposed and the severity of the offense. Restrictions on the suffrage rights of those in pre-trial detention should be removed. Restrictions on voting rights which disenfranchise persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities should be removed.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Belarus
2015
EOM
Presidential
The blanket denial of suffrage rights of citizens in pre-trial detention or serving prison terms regardless of the severity of the crime committed should be reconsidered to ensure proportionality between the limitation imposed and the severity of the offense committed. The blanket restrictions on the suffrage rights of persons declared mentally incompetent should be removed or decided on a case-by-case basis, depending on specific circumstances.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Belarus
2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure suffrage rights, restrictions on the right to stand of individuals with an unexpunged criminal record should be reviewed. Such restrictions should apply for only the most serious of offences.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
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