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  • 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)
    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 111th plenary session on 16-17 June 2017.
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    20 June 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Electoral Code of Bulgaria
    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 111th plenary session on 16-17 June 2017.
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    20 June 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Final Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Act of the National Council of the Judiciary and Certain Other Acts of Poland
    This Final Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Chairperson of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland received by ODIHR in February 2017.
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    8 May 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on Draft Amendments to the Moldovan Criminal and Contravention Codes relating to Bias-motivated Offences
    This Opinion was prepared in response to a request of the Deputy Minister of Justice of Moldova received by ODIHR in December 2015. It reviews the revised Draft Amendments communicated to ODIHR in February 2016.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Comments on Draft Amendments to certain Provisions of the Criminal Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia regarding Bias-motivated Crimes
    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.
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    24 April 2017
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  • Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia
    This Opinion was prepared in response to a request from the Investigative Committee of Armenia received by ODIHR in June 2016.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Introduction of Amendments and Changes to the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic
    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.
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    24 April 2017
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  • OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Public Consultations
    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.
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    24 April 2017
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