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2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Decisions related to candidate registration should be taken sufficiently in advance to facilitate equal campaign opportunities and avoid overlapping deadlines for drawing lots for the numbering and positioning on the proportional ballot, and the printing of ballots.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Nomination and Registration
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to amending the law to strengthen provisions on electoral offences, including on vote-buying, and to provide proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. Law-enforcement agencies should take steps to ensure that all electoral offences, including vote-buying, are investigated effectively and promptly, in an independent and impartial manner, and that perpetrators are brought to justice in accordance with the law.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Campaign Environment
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency, the law should be amended to ensure that all campaign related incomes and expenditures, including those incurred by public associations affiliated with contestants, are incurred via electoral funds from the call of elections. Consideration could be given to introducing limits to the use of own funds by parties and candidates. Effective measures should be taken to ensure cooperation of financial institutions and traceability of financial transactions.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Parliament should safeguard the public broadcaster’s editorial independence by providing it with sufficient funding and granting it full financial autonomy. Sufficient and sustainable funding would allow UA:PBC to fulfil its objectives as a public service broadcaster and serve as an alternative to the highly politicized and controlled private media sector.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Media
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The competent authorities should take all necessary measures to protect journalists, in particular those who investigate and report on matters of public interest, from attacks and all forms of impediments to their activities. Infringements on the freedom of the media should be duly investigated, pending cases addressed, and the law should be applied in a consistent and effective manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Media
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
A law regulating all practical aspects of public assemblies should be adopted.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with international commitments, elected candidates should be duly installed in office and are permitted to remain in office until their term expires or is otherwise brought to an end in a manner that is regulated by law in conformity with democratic parliamentary and constitutional procedures.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Electoral System
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Electoral System
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The CEC should provide clear instructions on how to complete candidate applications. An effective notification mechanism could be introduced to ensure that prospective candidates are informed of mistakes or omissions in their nomination documents to allow them to make timely corrections.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Further efforts by law-enforcement agencies are needed to ensure freedom of voters to form an opinion by effectively preventing and punishing misuse of administrative resources in campaigns. Electoral contestants should make stronger efforts to refrain from using public office and government-funded projects to gain an unfair electoral advantage during the campaign period.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Electoral Campaign
Ukraine
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To increase transparency and accountability of campaign finances, the NAPC could be designated as the sole oversight authority to monitor compliance with campaign finance regulations. The law should be amended to prescribe effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for campaign finance violations.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
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