A context marked by violent conflicts and challenges to the countries’ territorial integrity, does not create an enabling environment for democratic elections. In Ukraine, for instance, elections could not be organised in certain parts of the country due to the war in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Moreover, these conflicts resulted in a large number of internally displaced person (IDPs), making considerable efforts necessary to ensure that IDPs were able to exercise their voting rights. Such measures had to be taken also in other CoE member states involved in longstanding conflicts (e.g. Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia).