Public Forum on Political Freedoms was held by EMDS

A Public Forum on the Situation of Political Freedoms in Azerbaijan was held in Baku on 11 October 2012 by the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS).

In the first part of the forum, participants discussed the "EU's Eastern Partnership Policy priorities on provision of political freedoms'' . During second part of the forum. participants discussed the "Expected impacts of the 16 October 2013 presidential elections on relations between Azerbaijan and Europe and opportunities for improving election practice". Representatives from the government of Azerbaijan, civil society, the international community, embassies and mass-media attended the forum. The forum took place with financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US National Democratic Institute (NDI).

For detailed description of conference and full press release, click here.