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On 23 June 2011 the Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Mr Oleksandr Lavrynovych, requested the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR to comment on the text of the draft Law of Ukraine on Election of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine (Doc. CDL-REF (2011) 034) hereinafter, the “draft law”). The draft law was prepared by the Working Group on reforming and codifying the electoral legal framework with the aim to bring it in line with democratic standards following the presidential decree of 2 November 2010. The Working Group consists of representatives of different state institutions, parliamentarians, civil society representatives, academics and domestic legal and constitutional experts. Invitations to the working group meetings were also made to international experts.

In a letter dated 22 June 2011, the President of the National Assembly of Armenia requested the Council of Europe’s European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) to provide an assessment of the recently adopted Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia (CDL-REF(2011)029rev). This joint opinion comments on the most recent version of the Electoral Code, adopted 26 May 2011. Earlier opinions of OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission as well as the numerous election reports from previous OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe observation missions to Armenia provide an excellent background for understanding the historical development of electoral legislation in Armenia.

Report by the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Dr. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro. Fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan. International Roma Day, 8 April 2011. Presidential elections in Kazakhstan, held on 3 April 2011. Condemnation of a recent burning of a copy of the Koran in the United States of America (statements by the Delegation of Kazakhstan, also on behalf of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkey, and by the Delegation of the United States annexed). Article 31 demonstrations in the Russian Federation. Moscow Mechanism fact-finding mission to Belarus (statements by the Delegation of Belarus, by the Delegation of the Czech Republic, also on behalf of a group of states, by the Delegation of the United States, by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, by the Delegation of Switzerland, also on behalf of Liechtenstein, by the Delegation of Kazakhstan and by the Delegation of Uzbekistan annexed).

Decision No. 10/10 on the VD Plus decision on taking national holidays into account when planning verification activities. Statement by the Delegation of the United Kingdom on the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

862nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

862nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council.

862nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

862nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

862nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council