Realization of electoral rights of Ukrainian citizens on AR Crimea territory may be endangered during Parliamentary election. Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Azerbaijan managed to work out mechanisms and secure voting rights of citizens on occupied territories. Taking into consideration positive international experience, Ukrainian experts, members of the CEC and MPs should develop mechanisms and overcome the challenges with consideration of Ukrainian realities. Ukrainian and international expert...

The CEC has satisfied the request submitted by Civil Network OPORA regarding permission to deploy official observers during special Presidential election on 25 May 2015.

On 16 March 2014, on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (hereinafter - ARC) and the city of Sevastopol, Crimean referendum on the status of ARC was held. The referendum was conducted with no legislative base for its conduction; democratic electoral standards and the Constitution of Ukraine were violated. Besides that, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has ruled that the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of the ARC on the Conduction of Crimean Referendum as of 6 March 2014 was...

Cherkasy office of Civil Network OPORA and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine NGO have appealed to oblast public prosecution department, particularly to a newly-appointed Public Prosecutor Viktor Mykolenko, regarding electoral violations committed during 2013 election campaign

Discussion titled: "Presidential election on occupied territories of the Crimea AR: constitutional rights of Ukrainian citizens should be protected", will take place in in the Ukrainian News Information Agency, 20 Esplanadna St. on 25 March 2014, at 11am.

OPORA's office in Chernivtsi has received an answer from the regional prosecutor's office in Chernivtsi regarding possible violations of electoral legislation and abuses committed by officials of state executive bodies and oblast local self-government during electoral process in 2012. The letter says that criminal proceedings were opened on the basis of facts provided in OPORA's appeal.

Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels welcomes the willingness of the European Union and the Government of Ukraine to sign the Association Agreement in the nearest future and deems it necessary to implement the Agreement as an integral document that encompasses the political association and economic integration as stipulated by the founding documents of the Eastern Partnership.

Ukraine has received a historic chance for making fast and efficient reforms in all branches of the state policy. Electoral reform, which is being discussed for more than 10 years, is not an exception. Such issues were raised by representatives of core civic organizations during the press-conference titled: "Anti-recessionary measures for fair elections. Public demands", held in Kyiv on March 13.