REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN - EARLY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 7 February 2024 - ODIHR NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT

These include the implementation of electoral legislation, the functioning of the election administration, the conduct of the campaign and respect for fundamental freedoms, media coverage of the elections, and the administration of election day procedures, including the vote count and tabulation of results. [...] On the same day of announcing the election, the presidential administration of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia have released a joint statement reconfirming “their intention to normalize relations and to reach the peace treaty on the basis of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity”.2 The spokesman for the Secretary-General of the UN expressed. [...] 17 A voter is included in the voter list of the relevant PEC on the basis of the permanent place of residence at the place where the voter has resided for at least 6 out of the last 12 months before the calling of the elections. [...] Alongside the Constitution, the election-related media legal framework is primarily regulated by the Election Code, the Law on Public Television and Radio, and the new Law on Media, adopted in 2022.29 The Election Code provides regulations for the allocation of free and paid airtime in the broadcast media, and of space in the print media, during the official campaign period.30 Public broadcasters. [...] These include the implementation of electoral legislation, the functioning of the election administration, the conduct of the campaign and respect for fundamental freedoms, media coverage of the elections, and the administration of election day procedures, including the vote count and tabulation of results.