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Remarks by Adrian Severin, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, at the meeting of the Standing Committee, Portugal

Situation of media in Belarus

Address by Amb. Gérard Stoudmann to the International Conference of Human Rights and Democratisation in Dubrovnik, Croatia

Agenda of the meeting

Statement by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve: Media developments in Azerbaijan violate freedom of expression

This report reviews key issues on the resolution of election disputes, appeals against election decisions and election offences and administrative violations under the law of Kazakhstan. It draws extensively on a detailed assessment prepared by Denis Petit, Legal Expert. The report also draws on other OSCE/ODIHR election reports on Kazakhstan, in particular the Review of the Legal Framework for the Parliamentary Elections (29 June 1999), supplemented by recommendations contained in the Needs Assessment Mission Report (25 August 1999), the Final Report on the October 1999 Parliamentary Elections (20 January 2000) and the Review of the Election Legislation for Parliamentary Elections (18 January 2001). The legal framework for the conduct of elections is provided by the Constitution, the Constitutional Law of 28 June 1999 on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, provisions on election offences and violations contained in the Criminal Code and the new Administrative Violations Code, regulations adopted by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and other acts. The principal source of election rules is the 1999 Law and chapter 11 of the new Administrative Violations Code.

This report provides an assessment of two laws of the Republic of Serbia, the Law on Elections of Members of Parliament and the Law on Elections of the President of the Republic. The parliamentary election law was adopted in October 2000. The presidential law dates from 1990. Under the Constitution of Serbia, the National Assembly is a unicameral body and consists of 250 members directly elected by secret ballot for a term of four years. The president is elected directly by secret ballot for a term of five years. Most of the key issues relating to the election and recall of the president are regulated by reference to the parliamentary election law. The report therefore focuses on the content of that law.

The object of this Statute is the adoption of the rules for the organisation and functioning of the People's Advocate.

Law no. 8454, dated 4 February 1999, On the People's Advocate

Enhancing the OSCE's efforts to combat trafficking in human beings