


Georgian Authorities Have Failed to Uphold Citizens’ Constitutional Rights
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) voices its concern over the ongoing violent protest on Rustaveli Avenue and other locations in Tbilisi, the participants of which are physically assaulting journalists and are express ...

Official Election Campaigns of Political Parties on Faebook for 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has been monitoring political campaigns on Facebook as a major instrument of digital campaign in Georgia since 2018. For the October 31, 2020 parliamentary elections, in additio ...

Assessment of the pre-election environment of the 2021 self-government elections in Georgia
Local self-government elections will be held in Georgia in October 2021. On June 1, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (hence referred to as ISFED) began monitoring the country's pre-election period with the assistance of 70 l ...

Electronic technologies in elections
The study discusses the introduction of modern technologies - voter authentication/identification in Armenia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Albania and evaluates its functionality and results. The practices of some states (Netherlands, Germany, Ireland) th ...

ISFED General Assembly Elects New Board Members
On Saturday, May 22, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) held a General Assembly, attended by around 100 members of the organization. The delegates of the Assembly received information from the Executive Dire ...

The Coalition Calls on the Parliament to Start Working on Justice Reform
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary calls on the Parliament of Georgia to start working on justice system reform promptly and to ensure that the High Council of Justice is made up of qualified and trustworthy members. As it is ...

ISFED considers the reorganization process at the Central Election Commission as hasty
The process of structural reorganization at the Central Election Commission (CEC) carried out in 2021 is not adequately substantiated and leaves an impression that the process is hasty, as evidenced by changes introduced to the CEC Regulations two ti ...