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Montenegro, Municipal Elections, 15 May 2002: Preliminary Statement
Publishing date: 16 May 2002
Collections: Montenegro
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
Comments on the Law on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Publishing date: 1 May 2002
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 assessment reviews and comments on the “Act No.247/1995 of September 27, 1995 on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic and on the Amendment of Certain other Laws”, in the version provided by the OSCE ODIHR. The assessment is based on a reading and analysis of English translations of the mentioned law and the Czech constitution. This analysis was prepared by Michael Meyer, legal expert. It should be noted that any legal review based on translated laws may be affected by issues of interpretation resulting from translation. This does not imply that the translations used are defective in any way, but simply that translation from one language to another occurs in the context of the different semantic rules of the two languages.
Hungary, Parliamentary Elections, First Round, 7 April 2002: Preliminary Statement
Publishing date: 8 April 2002
Collections: Hungary
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
Ukraine, Parliamentary Elections, 31 March 2002: Preliminary Statement
Publishing date: 1 April 2002
Collections: Ukraine
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
Review of Amendments to the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, adopted on 11 October 2001
Publishing date: 15 February 2002
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 OSCE/ODIHR underscores from the outset that, despite weaknesses in the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, with political will the Code could have provided for reasonably acceptable elections. However, during the 2000 parliamentary and presidential elections, the OSCE/ODIHR concluded that such political will was absent. Thus, the extent to which any new amendments to the Code can have a positive impact will ultimately be determined by the intent of those implementing the Code, those organizing the elections, and those in charge of the various State institutions.
Review of the Law on Elections of People's Deputies in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 November 2001
Collections: Ukraine
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
An ODIHR assessment of the Ukrainian law on elections of people's deputies.
OSCE/ODIHR Review of the Law on the Election of People's Deputies in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 November 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 document provides an analysis of the Law on Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) on 18 October 2001 and signed by President Kuchma on 30 October. On 30 October, the President issued Decree No. 1022/2001 “On Securing Implementation of Citizens’ Rights, Principles of Democratic Society, Openness and Transparency of the 2002 Election Process”. The Decree contains a series of instructions to the central executive bodies and local state administrations. This Decree, when properly implemented, will increase the transparency of the elections. Though part of the legislation under which the elections will be conducted, this report does not review the presidential Decree. The present analysis is based on an English-language translation whose accuracy has not been verified. Therefore, some of the comments in the report may flow from problems in the translation rather than the original text.
Kosovo Assembly Elections 2001- Certified results
Publishing date: 24 November 2001
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Election results
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Comments on the Draft Law on the Election of Members of Parliament
Publishing date: 20 November 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 for Passing a Law on Election of Members of Parliament in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia”, which was submitted to the Assembly of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) by the government on 12 September 2001. The assessment is based on a reading and analysis of mainly unofficial English translations of the following: (1) Draft Parliamentary Election Law, (2) Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia (1991), (3) the Law on Election of Members of Parliament (1996, amended in 1998), (4) the Law for the Election of the President (1994, amended in 1999), (5) the Law on Local Elections (1996), (6) the Law on Voters Lists and Voter Identification Cards (1996, amended in 1998) and other laws.
Comments on the Draft "Referendum Law on the State Status of the Republic of Montenegro"
Publishing date: 5 November 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 Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been requested by the Speaker of the Parliament to review and provide comments on the draft "Referendum Law on the State Status of the Republic of Montenegro" of 10 October 2001. The law is a lex specialis including 17 clauses, and is additional to the Referendum Law adopted on 19 February 2001, which was reviewed in detail by ODIHR in the Assessment published on 6 July 2001 (annexed herewith). Article 16 of the Draft Referendum Law on the State Status of the Republic of Montenegro specifically incorporates the provisions of the "Referendum Law (Official Gazette number 9/2001)" to apply "to the issues which are not regulated by this Law." This review should accordingly be read in conjunction with the Assessment of 6 July.