Election-related Legal Opinions and Comments

Albania: Joint Opinion on the Amendments to the Constitution of 30 July 2020 and to the Electoral Code of 5 October 2020

Ukraine: Urgent Joint Opinion on the Draft Law 3612 on Democracy through all-Ukraine Referendum

Republic of Moldova: Urgent Joint Opinion on Draft Law 263 Amending the Electoral Code, Contravention Code and Audiovisual Media Services Code

Montenegro: Urgent Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Elections of Members of Parliament and Councillors

Opinion on the Draft Act On Special Rules for the Organisation of the General Election of the President of the Republic of Poland Ordered in 2020 with the Possibility of Postal Voting (Senate Paper No. 118)

Opinion on the Draft Act on Special Rules for Conducting the General Election of the President of the Republic of Poland Ordered in 2020 (Senate Paper No.99)

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Amendments to Some Legislative Acts Related to Sanctions for Violation of Electoral Legislation of Kyrgyzstan

ODIHR Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Election Code of Georgia

ODIHR Opinion on Draft Laws of Mongolia on Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Elections

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Legislation and Related "Harmonisation Laws" Adopted in March and April 2018

Opinion on Certain Provision of the Law on Funding of and Control of Funding of Political Campaigns

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Draft Election Code of Uzbekistan

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Law for Amending and Completing Certain Legislative Acts (Electoral System for the Election of the Parliament) of Moldova

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Referendum of Armenia

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Legal Framework of the Republic of Moldova Governing the Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Draft Laws on Amending and Completing Certain Legislative Acts of Moldova (Electoral System for the Election of the Parliament)

OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Code of Bulgaria

Joint Opinion on the Draft Checklist for Compliance with International Standards and Best Practices Preventing Misuse of Administrative Resources during Electoral Processes at Local and Regional Level of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

Second Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Armenia, as amended on 30 June 2016

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as amended on 9 November 2015

Second Preliminary Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Armenia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Changes to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Moldova

Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code of Armenia as of 18 April 2016

Preliminary Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code of Armenia as of 18 April 2016

Joint Guidelines for Preventing and Responding to the Misuse of Administrative Resources During Electoral Processes

Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Code of Georgia as of 8 January 2016

Joint Opinion on the Draft Amendments to Some Legislative Acts Concerning Prevention of and Fight Against Political Corruption of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Law on the Financing of Political Activities of Serbia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Act to Regulate the Formation, the Inner Structures, Functioning and Financing of Political Parties and Their Participation in Elections of Malta

Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Law of the Kyrgyz Republic

Joint Opinion on the Draft Election Code of Bulgaria

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law Amending the Electoral Legislation of the Republic of Moldova

Review of Electoral Legislation and Practice in OSCE Participating States, 15 October 2013

Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments to Legislation on the Election of People's Deputies of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

Joint Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Laws on Election of People's Deputies and on the Central Election Commission and on the Draft Law on Repeat Elections of Ukraine, 17 June 2013

Moldova, Joint Opinion on Draft Legislation of the Republic pertaining to Financing Political Parties and Election Campaigns, 11 March 2013

Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments and addenda to the Law "On Elections to the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan" and "On Elections to the Regional, District and City Councils (Kengesg) of People's Deputies of Uzbekistan", 17 December 2012

OSCE/ODIHR opinion on the Draft Law "On Establishing an Independent Election Management Body of the Republic of Tunisia"

Turkmenistan, Assessment of the Electoral Legislation

Joint Opinion on the Act on the Elections of Members of Parliament of Hungary

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Law and the Electoral Practice of Albania

Joint Opinion on the Draft Election Code of Georgia

Joint Final Opinion on the Electoral Code of Armenia

Joint Opinion on the Revised Electoral Code of the "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Election of People’s Deputies of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Bulgaria

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament of Montenegro

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on ‘Altering and Amending the Law on Election of Members of Parliament’ of the Republic of Serbia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, the Draft Law on Elections to Local Governments and the Draft Law on the Formation of Election Commissions of the Kyrgyz Republic

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Legislation of Norway

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia as Amended through March 2010

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on the Election of Councillors and Members of Parliament of Montenegro as Amended through July 2006

Joint Opinion on the Draft Working Text Amending the Election Code of Moldova

Joint Opinion on the Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus as of 17 December 2009

Joint Opinion on the Law on Amending Some Legislative Acts on the Election of the President of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on Draft Laws on Electoral Legislation of Serbia

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as revised on 29 October 2008

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law No. 3366 Abour Elections tro the Parliament of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia as revised up to July 2008

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of the Republic of Armenia as amended up to December 2007

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Moldova as of 10 April 2008

Assessment of the Election Legislation of Turkmenistan

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments and Changes to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Joint Opinion on Amendments to the election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Moldova as of March 27, 2007

Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Voters Lists of Croatia

Joint Opinion on the 26 February 2007 Amendements to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia

Joint Opinion on the Law on the State Register of Voters of Ukraine

Final Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Code of the Republic of Armenia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Working Text Amending the Election Code of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia (as amended through 24 July 2006)

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia

Review of the State Program of Enhancement of the Electoral System of the Kyrgyz Republic

OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

Joint Opinion on the Election Legislation of the Republic of Belarus

Assessment of the Law on Election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Joint Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia

Joint Recommendations on the Laws on Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Elections, and Electoral Administration in the Republic of Serbia

Joint Opinion on the Draft Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Moldova, as amended on 22 July, 4 and 17 November 2005

Joint Opinion on the Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine

Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the State Register of Voters of Ukraine

OSCE/ODIHR Commentaries on the Draft Law on the Croatian State Election Commission

Final Opinion on the Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia

Final Opinion on the Amendments to the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Interim Joint Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia (version of 19 April 2005)

Preliminary Joint Opinion on the Revised Draft Amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia

Assessment of the Law on Elections of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Joint Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia

Joint Recommendations on the Election Law and the Election Administration in Albania

Assessment of the Constitutional Law on Elections of Kazakhstan

Joint Recommendations on the Election Law and the Election Administration in Moldova

Joint Recommendations on the Election Law and Election Administration of Azerbaijan

Comments on Draft Amendments to the Election Law of the Republic of Tajikistan, proposed by Political Parties

OSCE/ODIHR Review of Law on Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament

Assessment of the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic as Amended by the Legislative Assembly in the Second Reading on 25 December 2003

Joint Recommendations on the Election Law and the Election Administration in Armenia

Assessment of Pending Amendments to the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

OSCE/ODIHR Comments on Consultation paper by the Electoral Commission on the cycle of Local Elections in England

Review of the Preliminary Assessment of the Draft Amended Election Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan

OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of Draft Amendments to the Law on Elections to the Majilisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan

Joint Final Assessment of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan

OSCE/ODIHR Review of Laws for Elections to the Legislative Bodies of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Review of the Draft Law on Political Parties in Romania

Joint Revised Preliminary Assessment of the Revised Draft Election Code of 28 November 2002 in Azerbaijan

Joint Assessment of the Amendments to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, Adopted in July 2002

Assessment of Amendments to the Legislative Framework for Elections in Montenegro (FRY)

OSCE/ODIHR Comments and Recommendations on Implementation of the Parliamentary Election Law in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Assessment of the Election Law for the General Elections on 5 October 2002 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

OSCE/ODIHR Review of the Law on Political Parties, Adopted on 15 July in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Comments on the Law on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Review of Amendments to the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, adopted on 11 October 2001

OSCE/ODIHR Review of the Law on the Election of People's Deputies in Ukraine

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Comments on the Draft Law on the Election of Members of Parliament

Comments on the Draft "Referendum Law on the State Status of the Republic of Montenegro"

OSCE/ODIHR Comments on the Draft Convention on Standards of Elections, Voting Rights and Freedoms, Proposed by the Russian Federation's Central Electoral Commission

OSCE/ODIHR Review of Drfat Amendments to the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

Review of the Legal Framework for Media Coverage of Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Review of the Presidential Decree for Pilot Local Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Assessment of the Referendum Law in the Republic of Montenegro (FYR)

Roundtable on Elections, Review of the Consolidated Table of Political Party Proposals in Kazakhstan in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Review of the Election Legislation for Election Disputes, Appeals and Penalties in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Assessment of the Laws on Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in the Republic of Serbia (FYR)

Assessment of the Draft Referendum Law for Conducting Referendum Elections in the Republic of Montenegro (FYR)

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

OSCE/ODIHR Comments on the Draft Law on Political Parties of the Russian Federation

Assessment of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia: Assessment of the Election Legislation

Review of the Law on Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan

OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus and of the Position of the Government of Belarus on the Electoral Code as Stated by the Central Election Commission of Belarus

Analysis and Recommendations Concerning the Election Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

OSCE/ODIHR Assessment of the Adopted Election Code of the Republic of Belarus

Review of the Legal Framework Regulating Election Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Assessment of the Draft Election Code and the Draft Law on the Election of Deputies of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus

Observations and Recommendations on the Draft Law on Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan