16/02/2013 - 19/02/2013
Yerevan - At the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Venice Commission ensures legal assistance to the Election Observation Mission of the Assembly in the context of the presidential elections of 18 February 2013.
A 27-member delegation of the PACE, headed by Ms Karin Woldseth (Norway, EDG), visits Armenia from 16 to 19 February to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside observers from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE.
The delegation is due to meet the candidates in the election or their representatives, the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, civil society and media representatives, before observing the ballot on 18 February.