Official Observers from Foreign Countries and International Organizations
1. Official observers from foreign countries and international organizations shall be registered by the Central Electoral Commission. Proposals with respect to their registration shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission not later than 20 days prior to the election day, either directly or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
2. The Central Electoral Commission shall pass its decisions on registration of official observers from foreign countries and international organizations not later than 15 days prior to the election day.
3. The Central Electoral Commission shall issue official observers from foreign countries and international organizations with credentials in accordance with the established form.
4. Official observers from foreign countries and international organizations shall exercise their authority in the territory of the multi-mandate electoral constituency.
5. An official observer from a foreign country or international organization shall have the rights as follows:
1) to attend events, pre-election rallies, assemblies where candidates for deputy and authorized persons of parties (blocs) meet with electors, and to be present at sessions of constituency electoral commissions;
2) to get familiarized with pre-election publicity campaign materials;
3) to be present at polling stations during the voting and vote count or when outcomes of the election are established;
4) to photograph, to film, and to make audio- and video-recordings;
5) to express own proposals as to organization of deputies’ elections and improvement of the now effective legislation of Ukraine in view of the international experience, and to hold press conferences in compliance with the requirements of the laws of Ukraine;
6) to establish, in cooperation with other observers from foreign countries and international organizations and in coordination with the Central Electoral Commission, ad hoc groups of observers for the purpose of coordinating their activities within the limits of authority stipulated in this Law.
6. Official observers from foreign countries and international organizations shall observe the elections independently and on their own.
7. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, other bodies of executive power, local self-government authorities and electoral commissions shall cooperate with the official observers from foreign countries and international organizations in the exercise of their authority.
8. The activities of official observers from foreign countries and international organizations shall be funded and otherwise provided for at the expense of nations or organizations that dispatched them to Ukraine, or at such observers’ own expense.
9. Official observers from foreign countries and international organizations shall have no right to make use of their status in any activities having no relation to observing the elections, or to interfere with the proceedings of electoral commissions.
