Presidential Election, 27 June 2020

Following an invitation from the Permanent Mission of Iceland to the OSCE to observe the 27 June 2020 presidential election, and in accordance with its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) undertook a distant Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) from 2 to 8 June. The NAM included Alexey Gromov, ODIHR Senior Election Adviser, and Kakha Inaishvili, ODIHR Election Adviser.

The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election environment and the preparations for the election. Based on this assessment, the NAM recommends whether to deploy an ODIHR election-related activity for the forthcoming election, and if so, what type of activity best meets the identified needs. Meetings were held with representatives of state institutions, election administration, political parties, media, and civil society. A list of meetings is annexed to this report.