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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.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Human Rights: Advocacy and Defenders, 22-23 October 2001: Consolidated Summary
Publishing date: 22 October 2001
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
European Regional Conference of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Remarks by Steven Wagenseil, Deputy Director of the ODIHR
Publishing date: 14 April 2002
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Remarks by Steven Wagenseil, Deputy Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE/ODIHR Comments on the Draft Convention on Standards of Elections, Voting Rights and Freedoms, Proposed by the Russian Federation's Central Electoral Commission
Publishing date: 19 October 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 a brief assessment of a draft Convention on Elections and Electoral Rights and Freedoms dated 31 July 2001. The text is proposed for adoption by the member States of the Council of Europe. It was drafted by a team of election specialists led by Prof. V. I. Lysenko of the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences, on behalf of the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation. According to Prof. Lysenko’s explanatory note, the aims of the Convention would be, inter alia, to bring together, in a binding international act, the accumulated experience of the Council of Europe in the legal regulation and the conduct of free and democratic elections. It would also concretise the electoral standards flowing from Article 3 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.
"2002 Co-ordination and Co-operation Efforts To Prevent And To Combat Trafficking In Human Beings". Informal presentation to OSCE delegations. Vienna, 11 April 2002
Publishing date: 11 April 2002
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Anti-trafficking unit presentation
Albania, Parliamentary Elections, 24 June- 19 August 2001: Final Report
Publishing date: 11 October 2001
Collections: Albania
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
Belarus, Presidential Election, 9 September 2001: Final Report
Publishing date: 4 October 2001
Collections: Belarus
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
Statement to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at its 58th Session by Amb. Gérard Stoudmann
Publishing date: 26 March 2002
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by Amb. Gérard Stoudmann
OSCE/ODIHR Review of Drfat Amendments to the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic
Publishing date: 24 September 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
The draft amendments, prepared by the Central Election Commission (CEC), include a number of positive changes, many of which are in line with OSCE/ODIHR recommendations prepared after the 2000 parliamentary and presidential elections in the Kyrgyz Republic. However, a number of problematic aspects of the Code have not been adequately addressed.
Review of the Legal Framework for Media Coverage of Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 September 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 analysis provides comments on the extent to which the legal framework for media coverage of elections in Kazakhstan is in accordance with international law, standards and commitments. It also provides overview comments on the general issue of media independence. These comments are based on English translations of the following laws and regulations: • The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 30 August 1995 (including 1998 amendments); • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Elections in the Republic Of Kazakhstan”, No. 407-I of 28 June1999 (Election Law); • The Rules of Execution of Election Campaign and Provision of Broadcasting Time in Radio and Television Programmes, and on Publication of Propaganda Preelection Material in Periodical Press Publications of the State Mass Media to the Nominees to the Parliament and Maslikhats of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August 1999 (Election Media Rules); • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Mass Media”, No. 451-I of 23 July 1999 (and 2001 amendments) (Mass Media Law); and • The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Administrative Procedures”, No. 107- II of 27 November 2000.