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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of Armenia
    This Opinion on the Draft Law on Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of Armenia was prepared in response to a request from the Head of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia received by ODIHR in October 2016.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Act on an Independent National Human Rights Institution of Iceland
    This Opinion on the Draft Act on the Independent National Human Rights Institution of Iceland was prepared in response to a request from the Ministry of Interior of Iceland received by ODIHR in December 2016.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the draft law on parliamentary oversight in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    This Opinion on the Draft Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina was prepared in response to a request from the Ad Hoc Joint Committee responsible for preparing the Draft Law received by ODIHR in May 2016.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Law Amending and Supplementing the Ombudsman Act of Bulgaria
    The Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights at the request of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria received in February 2017. It has benefited from contributions made by the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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    7 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Preliminary Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary and Certain Other Acts of Poland
    This Preliminary Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in response to a request from the Chairperson of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland to review the Draft Act Amending the Act on the National Council of the Judiciary and Certain Other Acts of Poland.
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    30 March 2017
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  • Joint Opinion on the Draft Checklist for Compliance with International Standards and Best Practices Preventing Misuse of Administrative Resources during Electoral Processes at Local and Regional Level of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
    The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) co-operated with the Council of Europe's Venice Commission in preparing this Joint Opinion, which was adopted by the Venice Commission at its 110th plenary session on 10-11 March 2017.
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    14 March 2017
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  • Joint Opinion on the Draft Constitutional Law on Political Parties of Armenia
    In October 2016, the Minister of Justice of Armenia requested the Venice Commission for an opinion on the draft constitutional law on political parties of Armenia. The present Joint Opinion was prepared by the Venice Commission together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, given the organisations’ previous co-operation in this field. It was adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections and the Venice Commission in December 2016.
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    13 December 2016
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  • Second Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Armenia, as amended on 30 June 2016
    At its 108th Plenary Session, on 14-15 October 2016, the Venice Commission endorsed the Second Joint Opinion with the OSCE/ODIHR on the Electoral code of Armenia as of 30 June 2016. Following the invitation from the Minister of Justice of Armenia, the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR made second joint opinion on the final version of the Electoral Code, particularly in light of the extent to which the latest amendments addressed the recommendations presented in their first Joint Opinion, endorsed at 107th Plenary Session on 10-11 June 2016.
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    19 October 2016
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