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Statement at the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 23 August 2001
Collections: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's Statements and Regular reports to the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, on the problematic treatment of the independent press in Belarus
Permanent Council Decision No. 262
Publishing date: 22 October 1998
Collections: 191st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
7th Economic Forum, Dates and Theme
Situation of media in Georgia
Publishing date: 1 February 2001
Collections: Country and special reports
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Situation of media in Georgia
Final Report by Technical Assessment Mission on Parliamentary Elections in Belarus, 15 and 29 October 2000
Publishing date: 30 January 2001
Collections: Belarus
Content type: Report
Where we are: Troika, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Final report by OSCE/ODIHR technical assessment mission on parliamentary elections in Belarus
Assessment of the Draft Referendum Law for Conducting Referendum Elections in the Republic of Montenegro (FYR)
Publishing date: 22 January 2001
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This assessment reviews and comments on the draft referendum law for conducting referendum elections in the Republic of Montenegro.1 This assessment is based on unofficial English translations of the following: (1) the draft law, consisting of forty (40) articles, (2) the current Referendum Law of the Republic of Montenegro (published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 3/92 and as amended and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro, No. 7/92)2, (3) the Law on the Election of Councillors and Representatives of the Republic of Montenegro20003, (4) the Law on Registers of Electors of the Republic of Montenegro,4 (5) the Citizenship Law of the Republic of Montenegro5 1999, (6) Constitution of the Republic of Montenegro 1992, (7) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992, and (8) Citizenship Law of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, No. 33/96). This assessment reviews and comments on the text of the draft law only, and should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation for or against a referendum election in the Republic of Montenegro. Nor should this assessment be construed as a substantive approval or disapproval of any question that may be subsequently decided by a referendum election.
Review of the Election Legislation for Parliamentary Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 January 2001
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The legal framework of elections in Kazakhstan has been the subject of consultations between the authorities of Kazakhstan and OSCE/ODIHR. In the course of these consultations, OSCE/ODIHR presented recommendations on the electoral law prior to the October 1999 parliamentary elections. Additional comments were contained in the needs assessment mission report (25 August 1999) and in the final report (20 January 2000). The authorities of Kazakhstan accepted to continue consultations on the election law, based on the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations. On 2 September 2000, during the first round table discussion on elections, the parties agreed on a timetable for further round tables in 2001. The following recommendations will focus on the issues to be discussed in January 2001, such as the independence and formation of election commissions, and election procedures, including the transparency of the vote count and tabulation procedures. The following comments on the legal framework of elections in Kazakhstan are based on the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” signed by the President on 28 June 1999. Some additional comments are provided on the instructions issued by the Central Election Commission (CEC) through the latter part of 1999.
OSCE/ODIHR Comments on the Draft Law on Political Parties of the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 15 January 2001
Collections: Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report provides brief comments on a draft Law on Political Parties of the Russian Federation. It is based on a Russian-language text of the draft Law provided by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. This draft, dated 21 November 2000, was prepared by a working group in the Russian Central Electoral Commission.
Permanent Council Decision No. 257
Publishing date: 1 October 1998
Collections: 186th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Decision / declaration
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Operational Capacities of the Secretariat
Romania, Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, 26 November and 10 December 2000: Final Report
Publishing date: 15 January 2001
Collections: Romania
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Azerbaijan, Parliamentary Elections, 5 November 2000 and 7 January 2001: Final Report
Publishing date: 15 January 2001
Collections: Azerbaijan
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe