15. Urges the Azerbaijani authorities to grant the Azerbaijan Human Rights House unconditional authorisation to reopen, and to register the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre and the Human Rights Club without further delays or administrative burdens;

In the document we were given, entitled " Potential Impacts of Extended Advance Voting on Voter Turnout" , by the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies, the experts say, and I quote:

The study identifies aspects of electoral arrangements as further potential common principles. These include introducing out-of-country voting facilities for expatriate voters so that they can vote in the elections for the lists of their Member State of origin; eliminating the current possibility of applying a threshold to improve the chances of smaller parties achieving representation; abolishing financial deposits required in a number of Member States before a political party or an independent candidate can stand in the elections; bringing forward the deadline for registering voters to facilitate cross-checking of registered voters ...[+++]by Member States.

a comparative study on national rules relating to political information - in particular in the context of elections and referendums - and equal and non-discriminatory access for different groupings, movements and parties to the media, as well as the identification of best practices in this field to guarantee the right of citizens to information, to be recommended to Member States;

a comparative study on national rules relating to political information - in particular in the context of elections and referendums - and equal and non-discriminatory access for different groupings, movements and parties to the media, as well as the identification of best practices in this field to guarantee the right of citizens to information, to be recommended to Member States;

a comparative study on national rules relating to political information - in particular in the context of elections and referendums - and equal and non-discriminatory access for different groupings, movements and parties to the media, as well as the identification of best practices in this field to guarantee the right of citizens to information, to be recommended to Member States;