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Location: Uzbekistan
Year of election: 2016 - 2016
Election type: Presidential
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Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Disproportionate or discriminatory legal restrictions on the freedom of association should be eliminated. In addition, restrictions on activities of civil society organizations should also be reviewed and amended to comply with the ICCPR and paragraphs 9.3 and 10.3 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Background and Political Context
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
To ensure legal certainty, key aspects of the electoral process should be regulated by primary laws adopted by parliament. CEC resolutions should further clarify issues already regulated by laws. To ensure coherence of the legislation, consideration should be given to harmonizing legal provisions, including through a unified election code
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Electoral System and Legal Framework
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
All relevant laws and decrees should be reviewed and amended to ensure that any restrictions on fundamental freedoms of assembly, association and expression have the character of exception, are imposed only when necessary in line with democratic principles, are proportionate with a legitimate aim and are not applied in an arbitrary and overly restrictive manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Electoral System and Legal Framework
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Restrictions on the right to be elected which conflict with OSCE commitments and other international standards should be removed from the legal framework. Self-nominated candidates should be allowed to stand for presidential elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Secondary thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Authorities should implement mechanisms to ensure a clear separation between the State and party to prevent candidates from using the advantage of their office for electoral purposes. In addition, an effective sanctioning mechanism against the misuse of administrative resources should be established.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Criminal defamation provisions protecting the reputation of candidates during an election, as well as general provisions on insult, libel and the dissemination of false information should be repealed and replaced with reasonable and proportional civil sanctions.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Media
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Legislation governing media should provide clear and exhaustive criteria for the denial of registration, suspension of media outlets, and content removal and the blocking of online national and international media should be established and consistently and transparently applied by an independent regulatory body. All such decisions should be publicly available.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Media
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
To provide effective legal redress, the law should be amended to prescribe that every voter, party, candidate and observer may file a complaint on every aspect of the electoral process, including requests for recounts and the invalidation of election results, and prescribe a reasonable deadline for filing such complaints.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
To enhance transparency and in accordance with OSCE commitments, the law should explicitly provide for non-partisan citizen election observation at all stages of the electoral process.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Observation
Uzbekistan
2016
Early election
EOM
Presidential
To enhance integrity of the electoral process, more robust efforts are needed to address electoral fraud both through a continued awareness campaign targeting a general audience as well as specific groups such as political parties, poll workers, youth, women and local authorities. Effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions against electoral fraud should be considered.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election day
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