{"id":169927,"date":"2015-09-12T10:16:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T10:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/osce-cancels-parliamentary-election-observation-mission-to-azerbaijan\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:36:23","slug":"osce-cancels-parliamentary-election-observation-mission-to-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/osce-cancels-parliamentary-election-observation-mission-to-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCE cancels parliamentary election observation mission to Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/33558\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33558\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/33543\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33543\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    [Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights]<br \/>\n  <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will not observe the November 1, 2015 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/odihr\/elections\/azerbaijan\/181611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        ODIHR<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  ), said today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The decision to cancel its observation mission is due to restrictions imposed by the Azerbaijani authorities, OSCE says.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe restriction on the number of observers taking part would make it impossible for the mission to carry out effective and credible election observation,\u201d the ODIHR Director said. \u201cRegretfully, we are compelled by these actions to cancel the deployment of ODIHR\u2019s observation mission for the parliamentary elections.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe Azerbaijani authorities\u2019 insistence on a restricted number of observers is directly counter to the country\u2019s OSCE commitments and in contradiction to ODIHR\u2019s election observation mandate,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After receiving an invitation from the Azerbaijani authorities, an ODIHR needs assessment mission recommended the deployment of an election observation mission, including a core team of experts, 30 long-term observers and 350 short-term observers. On August 31, Azerbaijan\u2019s Permanent Mission to the OSCE stated that the authorities were ready to accept only 6 long-term and up to 125 short-term ODIHR observers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWith such limitations imposed, there&#8217;s no way we can do effective comprehensive observation. So rather than not being able to do our job properly, we don&#8217;t feel that it makes sense to attempt to do the job badly. We&#8217;re not sending the mission,\u201d Thomas Rymer, OSCE Spokesperson for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, told Meydan TV.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe think it makes sense not to send the mission at all,\u201d Rymer added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  OSCE, however, stands ready to help Azerbaijan in \u201cmeeting the human dimension of commitments they made like human rights, democratization, rule of law, and democratic elections,\u201d according to Rymer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHowever, if restrictions are imposed, if there&#8217;s no political will to follow through and assist us in assisting them, in making sure that the conditions are there, so that we can do our work and help OSCE participating states. then it\u2019s impossible for us to do that work,\u201d Rymer said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cPretending that we\u2019re able to do it in this case, had we allowed these restrictions, isn\u2019t beneficial to OSCE. It isn\u2019t beneficial to Azerbaijan. And if we\u2019re unable to provide that help, then that\u2019s unfortunate. We\u2019re ready in the future to continue to provide assistance according to our mandate but we need partners with the authorities in Azerbaijan to do that to some degree,\u201d Rymer concluded.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rymer noted that there was one other case in the past, when it was decided not to send the mission but the circumstances were different. &#8220;I\u2019m not sure about the benefits of comparing things. I think what\u2019s important is the unfortunate and regretful fact that we\u2019ve decided today that we\u2019re unable to carry out observation, and the specific reasons why we feel that way in this case,&#8221; he noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Yesterday, the European Parliament passed a resolution<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"\/en\/article\/eu-parliament-decries-unprecedented-crackdown-on-human-rights-in-azerbaijan\/\"><br \/>\n        condemning<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  the \u201cunprecedented repression against civil society in Azerbaijan.\u201d EU lawmakers denounced the continuous intimidation and harassment of civil society leaders and journalists, including Meydan TV Director<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"\/en\/article\/relatives-disown-emin-milli\/\"><br \/>\n        Emin Milli<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  , who has received death threats and members of whose family have been arrested on trumped-up charges, as well as journalists working with Meydan TV in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGiven the restrictions that Azerbaijan was trying to impose, we didn&#8217;t feel that we could do that job properly,\u201d OSCE Spokesperson for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Thomas Rymer tells Meydan TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":33558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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