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Speech of the Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek
Publishing date: 16 June 2005
559th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Joint Recommendations on the Laws on Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Elections, and Electoral Administration in the Republic of Serbia
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Collections: Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments
The comments on the three election laws of the Republic of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro) are provided by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) with the goal of assisting the authorities of Serbia in their efforts to improve the legal framework for elections. The OSCE/ODIHR and the VC stand ready to provide assistance to authorities in their electoral reform efforts.
Assembly of Kosovo Monitoring Report
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Collections: The Assembly of Kosovo monitoring reports
Pillar III (OSCE) Report 02/2006 On the Monitoring of the Assembly of Kosovo 11 March 2006- 7 April 2006.
Croatia: Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the State Election Commission
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Report on the activities of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 22 March 2006
Collections: List of new releases
Report for the period 16-22 March 2006
Remarks by Ambassador Omur Orhun, Personal Representative Of The Chairman-In- Office Of The OSCE On Combating Intolerance And Discrimination Against Muslims
Publishing date: 28 July 2006
Conference on "Muslims of Europe- Challenges and Opportunities", Istanbul, 1-2 July 2006
Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 21 March 2006
The Draft Electoral Code would provide a better integrated and unitary legislative framework for the administration of most elections. The Draft Code would make numerous improvements in the provisions currently included in the main election laws, including the Laws on the Election of Members of Parliament, on the Election of the President, and on Local Elections. In addition, other election-related laws, such as those on the Voter List and Election Districts (for parliamentary elections) have been incorporated in revised form into the Draft Code.
Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Moldova, as amended on 22 July, 4 and 17 November 2005
Publishing date: 20 March 2006
The Moldovan electoral system and its Electoral Code have been subject to a number of recommendations for improvement, by the OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe over the past years. The most comprehensive set of such recommendations is found in the document called Joint Recommendations on the Electoral Law and the Electoral Administration in Moldova of 12 July 2004 (CDL-AD(2004)027), hereinafter called “the Joint Recommendations”. The document, however, makes it clear that it focuses on the questions arising from local elections and will in general not develop aspects specific to parliamentary elections, such as the existence of a single constituency. Another set of recommendations is given in the Venice Commission Opinion on the Election Law of the Republic of Moldova, 16 January 2003 (CDL-AD(2003)001), hereinafter called “the Opinion on the Election Law”.
Journal of the 421st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation
Publishing date: 12 May 2004