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  • Opinion on Draft Amendments Relating to the Appointment of Supreme Court of Judges of Georgia
    This opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Public Defender of Georgia received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in March 2019.
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    18 April 2019
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  • Comments on the Commentary on the Code of Judicial Ethics of Kazakhstan
    These Comments were prepared in response to a request from the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIJHR) in November 2018.
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    29 January 2019
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  • Note on International Standards and Good Practices of Disciplinary Proceedings against Judges
    This Note was prepared in response to a request from the Chairman of the High Council of Judges of Kazakhstan received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in November 2018.
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    29 January 2019
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  • Preliminary Comments on the Draft Law on Integration of Foreigners in the Republic of Moldova
    These Preliminary Comments were prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in response to a request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova received in November 2018.
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    21 December 2018
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  • OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on Section 253 on the Special Immigration Tax of Act XLI of 20 July 2018 Amending Certain Tax Laws and Other Related Laws and on the Immigration Tax
    The present Joint Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. It was adopted by the Venice Commission at its 117th Plenary Session (14-15 December 2018).
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    20 December 2018
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  • Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Law on Funding of and Control of Funding of Political Campaigns
    This Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in response to a request from the Central Election Commission of Lithuania received in September 2018.
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    20 December 2018
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  • OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Legislation and Related "Harmonisation Laws" Adopted in March and April 2018
    This Joint Opinion was prepared jointly by the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) following a request by 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 (PACE). The Joint Opinion was adopted by the Venice Commission at its 117th Plenary Session (14-15 December 2018).
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    18 December 2018
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  • Comments on the Draft Law on Prevention of Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina received by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in June 2018.
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    17 December 2018
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