Official Observers from Foreign States and International Organizations
1. Official observers from foreign states and international organizations shall be registered by the Central Election Commission. Submissions on registration of official observers shall be made by the foreign states and international organizations directly or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to the Central Election Commission no later than 10 days before Election Day.
2. A decision on registration of the official observers from the foreign states and international organizations shall be passed by the Central Election Commission no later than 5 days before Election Day.
3. Citizens of Ukraine may not be registered as official observers from foreign states or international organizations. Citizens of Ukraine or foreign citizens or persons without citizenship that have command of the Ukrainian language may accompany the registered official observers from foreign states and international organizations on the territory of polling stations and during meetings of election commissions exclusively in order to perform functions of an interpreter.
4. The Central Election Commission shall issue certificates to the official observers from foreign states and international organizations in a form established by the Central Election Commission.
5. Official observers from foreign states and international organizations shall execute their authority on the territory of Ukraine as well as in the foreign election district.
6. Official observers from foreign states and international organizations shall have the right to:
1) be present at meetings of candidates for deputies and authorized representatives of parties (blocs) with voters, at pre-election gatherings, meetings, and meetings of election commissions;
2) get familiarized with election campaign materials;
3) be present at polling stations during voting, and at meetings of polling station commissions during counting of votes and at meetings of district election commissions during vote tabulation;
4) take photos and film, take video and audio records without violation of the secrecy of voting;
5) make public suggestions regarding organization of elections of deputies and improvement of the legislation of Ukraine taking into account international experience, and hold press conferences in compliance with requirements of the legislation of Ukraine;
6) establish together with other observers from foreign states and international organizations and upon agreement of the Central Election Commission, temporary groups of official observers in order to coordinate their activities within their authority stipulated by this Law.
7. Official observers from foreign states and international institutions shall perform observation independently and autonomously.
8. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and other executive bodies, bodies of local self-government and election commissions shall assist official observers from foreign states and international organizations in execution of their authority.
9. Financial and logistic support of activities of the official observers from foreign states and international organizations shall be rendered at the expense of states and organizations that sent these observers to Ukraine, or at their own expense.
10. Official observers from foreign states and international organizations may not interfere into work of an election commission, perform actions that break the legal flow of the election process or illegally impede members of the election commission to execute their authority; fill in a ballot paper instead of a voter (including upon request of the voter) or in any other way violate the secret of voting and to use his or her status in activities not related to observation of the election process. This restriction shall be also extended over individuals who according to paragraph 3 of this Article accompany official observers, during the work with an official observer from a foreign state and/or international organization.
