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Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments

Legal books line the shelves of ODIHR's Elections Department. (OSCE/Agnieszka Rembowska) Photo details
  • Moldova: Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code
    This Joint Opinion was prepared by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the request of the Chairperson of the Parliament of Moldova.
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    26 October 2022
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  • Türkiye: Joint Opinion on the Amendments to the Electoral Legislation by Law No. 7393 of 31 March 2022
    This Joint Opinion was prepared by the European Commission For Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the request of the Chairman of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) of the Parliamentary Assembly. 
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    1 July 2022
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  • Ukraine: Urgent Joint Opinion on the Draft law on Local Referendum
    The joint opinion was prepared by the European Commission For Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
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    14 February 2022
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  • Ukraine: Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Improving the Procedure for Establishing the Impossibility of Holding National and Local Elections, All-Ukrainian and Local Referendums in Certain Territories and Polling Stations
    The joint opinion was prepared jointly by ODIHR and the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), 10 to 11 December 2021.
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    14 December 2021
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  • Hungary: Joint Opinion on the 2020 Amendments to Electoral Legislation
    This Joint Opinion was prepared at the request of the Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It was adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections on 14 October 2021 and by the Venice Commission at its 128th Plenary Session (15-16 October 2021).
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    22 October 2021
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  • Georgia: Urgent Joint Opinion on Revised Draft Amendments to the Election Code
    This Joint Urgent Opinion was prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, addressed to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in March 2021. The Opinion was issued by the Venice Commission on 30 April 2021 and will be presented to the Venice Commission for endorsement at its 127th Plenary Session on 2-3 July 2021.
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    18 June 2021
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  • Georgia: Joint Urgent Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Election Code
    The scope of this Joint Opinion covers only the legislative revisions officially submitted for review (“the draft amendments”). Thus limited, the Joint Opinion does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework governing elections in Georgia.
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    30 April 2021
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  • Armenia: Urgent Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Code and Related Legislation
    The recommendations issued in the Joint Opinion by the Venice Commission and the ODIHR are based on international standards, norms and practices, as for example set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and its additional protocols, as well as the relevant OSCE human dimension commitments, and the Venice Commission’s Code of good practice in electoral matters.
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    21 April 2021
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