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2015
EET
Referendum
Measures should be taken to ensure full transparency of media ownership by requiring and enabling the NCTR to clearly identify the ultimate and benefiting owners of media houses. Additional controls and sanctions could be imposed as to ensure that media outlets provide the required ownership and funding information in a comprehensive and timely manner to the competent bodies. The information on media ownership and funding sources should be available to the public.
Recommendation # in final report:
11
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign, Campaign Finance and Media
Armenia
2015
EET
Referendum
The Electoral Code should be amended to provide general guidelines for the media regarding the coverage of campaigns, taking into the account the professional standards, equitable coverage, impartiality, and balance, supplementing general requirements with more detailed ones, which should be applicable by the type of the elections and referenda. Such provisions, however, should not limit nor prevent independent editorial coverage of the campaigns.
Recommendation # in final report:
12
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign, Campaign Finance and Media
Armenia
2015
EET
Referendum
Consideration could be given to enhance the oversight role of the NCTR during and outside of the campaign period. The NCTR could publish detailed campaign coverage guidelines and media monitoring methodology which could include assessing the tone of coverage. Rather than relying on the data submitted by media outlets, the NCTR should conduct media monitoring fully and independently in a continuous and consistent manner. Media monitoring reports could be published on a regular basis throughout the whole campaign period, regardless of its duration.
Recommendation # in final report:
13
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign, Campaign Finance and Media
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure legal certainty, changes to the electoral legal framework should be made well in advance of elections, through an inclusive process. The timeframe between the adoption of legal changes and their implementation should allow for sufficient voter education and for electoral stakeholders to be able to familiarize themselves with the applicable rules.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Legal Framework and Electoral System
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
All regulations and clarifications on electoral procedures, including ballot validity, the sealing of ballot boxes and the counting and tabulation of votes, including those cast by mobile voting, should be comprehensive, adopted in formal sessions of the CEC, and applied uniformly.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure equal suffrage in accordance with international standards, restrictions to the right to vote based on mental disability should be removed.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Secondary thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Laws and regulations regarding the misuse of administrative resources should be further elaborated, credible reports should be properly investigated and adequate, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions should be introduced.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Environment
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Public officials, political parties, their candidates and supporters should refrain from using inflammatory rhetoric. Clearly defined non-criminal dissuasive measures should be introduced, while protecting freedom of speech.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Environment
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The CEC should publish the schedule of TEC sessions, all TEC decisions, and the signed TEC protocols with results disaggregated by polling station, on its website in a systematic and timely manner. In addition, all information and documents of public interest, including preliminary results protocols and preliminary voter lists, should remain available online.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Armenia
2021
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The editorial independence of the public media and citizens’ access to impartial, critical and analytical political programmes should be further strengthened. In this respect, extending requirements for impartial election coverage by public media during the complete election cycle could be considered. This includes non-preferential reporting on the activities of public and state officials also outside official campaign periods.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
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