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.

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Correspondence between HCNM and Croatia regarding refugees

Publishing date: 4 April 1997

Content type: Letter

Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)

What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Letter from High Commissioner on National Minorities Max van der Stoel to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Croatia regarding the return of refugees, and the response of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Croatia.

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Journal of the 237th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council/Corrected reissue

Publishing date: 1 July 1999

Collections: 237th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Permanent Council

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Agenda of the meeting

Review of the Election Legislation for Parliamentary Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 18 January 2001

Collections: Kazakhstan, 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

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.