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  • Georgia: Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Code, the Law on Political Associations of Citizens and the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament
    The Joint Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. The ensuing recommendations 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. The Joint Opinion also highlights, as appropriate, good practices from other Council of Europe member states and OSCE participating States in this field
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    20 March 2021
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  • Kyrgyzstan: Joint Opinion on the Draft Constitution
    The Joint Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. In the interest of conciseness, it focuses more on main areas that require amendments or improvements than on the positive aspects of the Draft Constitution.
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    19 March 2021
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  • Moldova: Opinion on the draft Law Introducing a “People's Advocate for Entrepreneurs' Rights”
    The Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. In the interest of conciseness, it focuses more on areas that require amendments or improvements than on the positive aspects of the Draft Law. The ensuing recommendations are based on international human rights standards and obligations, OSCE human dimension commitments, and good national practices. Where appropriate, they also refer to the relevant recommendations made in previous legal opinions published by OSCE/ODIHR and/or the Venice Commission.
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    19 March 2021
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  • Poland: Urgent Opinion on the Draft Act Amending the Code of Procedure in Petty Offence Cases
    The Urgent Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. In the interest of conciseness, it focuses more on those provisions that require amendments or improvements than on the positive aspects of the Draft Act.
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    2 March 2021
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  • Albania: Joint Opinion on the Amendments to the Constitution of 30 July 2020 and to the Electoral Code of 5 October 2020
    The scope of this Joint Opinion covers only the constitutional and legislative revisions officially submitted for review (“the amendments”). In particular, it will not address the amendments brought by law No. 101/2020 adopted on 23 July 2020. Thus limited, the Joint Opinion does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework governing elections in Albania.
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    11 December 2020
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  • Kazakhstan: Comparative Note on International Standards for Selection, Competencies and Skills for Judges in Administrative Justice
    The Note raises key issues and provides indications of areas that often cause concern. The Note also highlights, as appropriate, good practices from other OSCE participating States.
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    4 December 2020
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  • North Macedonia: Comments on the Law and Rules of Procedure of the Assembly from a Gender and Diversity Perspective
    The Comments raise key issues and indicate areas of possible refinement. In the interest of conciseness, they focus more on areas that require amendments or improvements than on the positive aspects of the law or rules of procedure.
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    9 November 2020
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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Note on Parliamentary Inquiries into Judicial Activities
    The scope of this Note deals exclusively with the issue of parliamentary inquiries into the work of the judiciary with a view to identifying relevant international standards and OSCE human dimension commitments.
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    30 October 2020
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