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These legal comments were prepared in response to a request from the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje received by ODIHR in February 2016.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Investigative Committee of Armenia received by ODIHR in June 2016.

The present Preliminary Joint Opinion was prepared on the basis of contributions from rapporteurs of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR experts following a request from the Acting Chairperson of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, State Structures and Regulations of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic received by OSCE/ODIHR in August 2016. The Venice Commission endorsed this opinion at its 108th Plenary Session on 14-15 October 2016.

This Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine "On Public Consultations" was prepared in response to a request from the First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine received by ODIHR in July 2016.

This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Secretary of the International Affairs, Defence and Security Committee of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan's Parliament received by ODIHR in September 2016.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) co-operated with the Council of Europe's Venice Commission in preparing this Joint Opinion, which was adopted by the Venice Commission at its 108th Plenary Session on 14-15 October 2016.

This Opinion on the Draft Law on Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly of Armenia was prepared in response to a request from the Head of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia received by ODIHR in October 2016.

This Opinion on the Draft Act on the Independent National Human Rights Institution of Iceland was prepared in response to a request from the Ministry of Interior of Iceland received by ODIHR in December 2016.

This Opinion on the Draft Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina was prepared in response to a request from the Ad Hoc Joint Committee responsible for preparing the Draft Law received by ODIHR in May 2016.

The Opinion was prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights at the request of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria received in February 2017. It has benefited from contributions made by the National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).