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[aktualitet-al]

ODIHR ngre pikëpyetje për ligjin e financimit të partive, kërkon kontroll më të fortë

Një opinion urgjent i ODIHR mbi projektligjin e ri për financimin e partive politike në Shqipëri vë theksin te boshllëqet që, sipas raportit, duhen mbyllur para se ligji të konsiderohet realisht i zbatueshëm. Dokumenti kërkon më shumë transparencë, kontroll më të fortë mbi burimin e parave dhe sanksione më të qarta për shkeljet, duke sinjalizuar se versioni aktual nuk i ka të konsoliduara të…

ODIHR ngre pikëpyetje për ligjin e financimit të partive, kërkon kontroll më të fortë

[xhemilbeharaj]

ODIHR/ Gacek: Do të jemi në zonat e nxehta

ODIHR/ Gacek: Do të jemi në zonat e nxehta

Kryevëzhguesja e OSBE ODIHR Urszula Gacek në një intervistë dhënë gazetarit të Top Channel Muhamed Veliu tregohet e kujdesshme të japë një vlerësim për parapërgatitjet e deritanishme të zgjedhjeve të 25 Prillit. Megjithatë ajo tregon se cilat do të jenë çështjet prioritare të monitorimit prej vëzhguesve të saj në terren. Ambasadorja Gacek premton se një ditë pas zgjedhjeve ajo nuk do të…

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[emrecelikrumi]

A total of 668 children are in custody, newborns with their mothers.. #ODIHR Human Dimension Seminar on Right of the child #ChildrenRights https://t.co/SVtXJgmw5y

: from my twitter bit.ly/ECtweet

[radiotelevizionishqiptar]

Zgjedhjet e 25 qershorit, OSBE jep vlerësime pozitive për RTSH

Lexo të plotë www.rtsh.al

[radiotelevizionishqiptar]

Përfaqësues të shoqërisë civile dhe politikës në një tryezë për reformën zgjedhore

Lexo të plotë www.rtsh.al

[theamericanbear]

"…Texas will not be inundated with foreigners 'interfering' at every polling place. At most, we will see a few highly professional and experienced observers who will watch and not interfere in the election process in any way…

"I’m left to wonder, however, why anyone would be worried about a few folks wandering around watching an election.

"Vibrant democracies should not worry about conducting elections in the open for all to see. If Abbott is, as he says, proud of the “measures Texas has implemented to protect the integrity of elections” he should be equally proud to have any and all come watch the process firsthand…" - Cynthia Aikon, an associate professor of law at the Texas Wesleyan University

Goddam ferners:

Multiple states, including Arizona, Iowa and Ohio, plan to make certain international election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) go nowhere near state polling places on Election Day. At least three states, Arizona, Iowa and Texas, have warned observers they could be criminalized for being within one hundred feet of polling places.

The OSCE is a body, which the United States is a founding member. Observers have been sent to the United States to observe US elections since 2002. But, now, Republicans in states where voter suppression could potentially occur are suggesting to Americans these people are here to violate American sovereignty as part of some left-wing ACORN conspiracy.

On October 23, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote a letter to the OSCE informing them that Texas would use state codes and the law to ensure observers were prevented from accessing polling places. Abbott stated, “It may be a criminal offense for OSCE’s representatives to maintain a presence within 100 feet of a polling place’s entrance. Failure to comply with these requirements could subject the OSCE’s representatives to criminal prosecution for violating state law.”

The motivation for threatening observers stemmed from Abbott’s disgust with the fact that OSCE had met with Project Vote in April, a group “closely affiliated with ACORN, which collapsed in disgrace after its role in a widespread voter registration fraud scheme.” Project Vote challenged Texas’ voter registration regulations but that challenge was rejected. OSCE identified “Voter ID laws as a barrier to the right to vote” and Project Vote wrote a letter urging OSCE to “monitor states that have taken steps to protect ballot integrity by enacting Voter ID laws.” He called the international observers’ opinion “legally irrelevant” in the United States,

Naturally, the threat prompted a response from Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The ambassador stated the threat was “at odds with the established good co-operation between OSCE/ODIHR observers and state authorities across the United States, including in Texas.” The threat ran contrary to Texas’ obligations as a participating state.

In a letter to the State Department, Lenarčič said, “The threat of criminal sanctions against OSCE/ODIHR observers is unacceptable. “The United States, like all countries in the OSCE, has an obligation to invite ODIHR observers to observe its elections.”

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