NUR-SULTAN, 8 December 2020 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited election observation mission (LEOM) for the 10 January parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the country’s authorities...

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PRESS RELEASE

ODIHR opens limited election observation mission in Kazakhstan

The mission is led by Ambassador Jarosław Marcin Domański and consists of a core team of 11 experts based in Nur-Sultan. In addition, 24 long-term observers will be deployed throughout the country from 15 December.

The mission will assess the election for its compliance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections, as well as with national legislation. Observers will closely monitor voter and candidate registration, campaign activities, the work of the election administration and relevant government bodies, election-related legislation and its implementation, and the resolution of election-related disputes. The mission will also monitor the media coverage of the campaign.

In the course of its observation, the mission will meet with representatives of state authorities, political parties, civil society, the media and the international community.

While the mission will visit a limited number of polling stations on election day, there will not be any systematic observation of voting, counting or tabulation of the results. On election day, the ODIHR LEOM will join efforts with a delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

The mission will publish an interim report in the course of its work. The day after the elections, a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions will be issued at a press conference. A final report summing up the observation and proposing recommendations will be published approximately two months after the end of the electoral process.

The ODIHR LEOM and the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan operate separately and independently under their own mandates.

For further information, please visit www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kazakhstan. You can also contact Elma Sehalic, Media Analyst, at + 7 701 3177 964 and [email protected]

Katya Andrusz, ODIHR Spokesperson, at +48 609 522 266 and [email protected].

For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/472959

Contacts:

Public Affairs Unit, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Office: +48 22 520 06 00
Fax: +48 22 520 06 05
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Katya Andrusz
Ul. Miodowa 10
00-251 Warsaw
Poland
Office: +48 22 520 0640
Mobile: +48 609 522 266
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