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Joint Opinion on the Election Legislation of the Republic of Belarus

The present joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was prepared on the basis of comments by Mr Oliver Kask (member, Estonia), Ms Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska (member, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and OSCE/ODIHR expert Mr Jessie Pilgrim. This opinion does not intend to address all issues which could arise from the electoral legislation of Belarus. It focuses on the most important ones, and in particular on those underlined by the Parliamentary Assembly in its request.
The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this document are not given nor necessarily endorsed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) unless the OSCE is explicitly defined as the Author of this document.