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2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to ensuring a more balanced MSB membership by including private media professionals and additional civil society representatives. The MSB should be mandated and sufficiently resourced to conduct comprehensive media monitoring during the election campaign so as to more effectively fulfil its role.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2016
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
State-owned media should provide impartial and balanced coverage in their news and political programmes to all contestants and should provide voters with sufficient information to make an informed choice. To achieve this, the competent authorities could develop policy guidance and training for electoral periods.
Recommendation # in final report:
28
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2019
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The legal framework for media should be reformed to ensure full protection of the principle of freedom of expression and equal access to information for journalists. Criminal defamation and insult provisions should be repealed in favour of civil sanctions and be strictly proportional to the harm caused.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
As previously recommended, the accreditation of journalists should be reconsidered in view of improving their working conditions rather than functioning as a work permit. Freelance and online journalists should enjoy the same status as other journalists, without discrimination.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Decisions on restricting access to websites and other Internet-based resources, including the full list of blocked websites, should be transparent and subject to judicial oversight.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Oversight of media in election campaigns should be conducted by an independent oversight body, with appropriate mechanisms to ensure its balanced composition. The authorities could consider mandating such a body to conduct comprehensive monitoring of media coverage of election campaigns, with its methodology and results made public. Procedures for handling media-related complaints should be clearly regulated to ensure effective remedy.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
State-owned media should provide adequate coverage of candidates in their news and political programmes and provide voters with relevant information on contestants’ programmes and activities. Consideration should be given to develop policy guidance to media for parliamentary elections period.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
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
2015
EOM
Presidential
Prior to election day, voters should be able to inspect the voter register and request changes to their information. The final voter lists should be published along with disaggregated information. Observers and candidate representatives should be given access to voter lists.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
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
2015
EOM
Presidential
A legal deadline for voter registration prior to election day could be introduced, with additional entries permitted only in accordance with clearly defined legal requirements subject to judicial control.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
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
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