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2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Legal and administrative measures should be taken to ensure equal conditions for signature collection and verification. Consideration should be given to reducing the requisite number of supporting signatures for candidate registration and allowing access to observe the signature verification process.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The right to free assembly should be respected in relation to all electoral and political stakeholders before, during and after elections are held. The authorities should remove fees for holding any public events.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Authorities should ensure, through legal and administrative measures, that campaigning takes place without abuse of official position, pressure on public employees, or support from state-owned enterprises or state-subsidized associations.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to introducing direct public campaign financing as a means to level the playing field among candidates.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Belarus
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
An independent, impartial and professional body should audit campaign finance reports on the basis of fair and objective criteria. To enhance transparency, campaign finance reports should be published.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
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
2019
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The Election Code should be revised to provide a comprehensive hierarchical framework for election dispute resolution, as well as to eliminate ambiguities regarding jurisdictions and calculation of deadlines. At a minimum, all candidates and voters in the constituency concerned should be able to file complaints against election results at all levels.
Recommendation # in final report:
28
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
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