Legislative Reviews Elections In 2008, ODIHR issued five legislative reviews and opinions on election legislation, many conducted jointly with the Council of Europe’s Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission): Country Legislation Turkmenistan Assessment of the Election Legislation of Turkmenistan Bosnia and Herzegovina Joint Opinion on Amendments to the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina Azerbaijan Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments and Changes to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan Armenia Joint Opinion on the Election Code of the Republic of Armenia as amended up to December 2007 Moldova Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Moldova as of 10 April 2008 Georgia Draft Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia as revised up to July 2008 Legislative Support ODIHR provided the following legislative reviews and legal commentaries: Albania kk Comments on the Draft Law of Albania on the Civil Society Development Fund (19 November) Armenia kk Opinion Concerning the Implementation of ECHR Article 5(1)(e) in Domestic Law (18 February); kk Joint OSCE, ODIHR and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Opinion on the Draft Law on Information, Information Technologies and the Protection of Information (6 May); kk Three consecutive Joint ODIHR and Venice Commission Opinions on Amendments to the Law on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations (18 March, 16 May and 9 June). Azerbaijan kk Guidelines on the Implementation of the Law on Freedom of Assembly (4 September). former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia kk Comments on the Draft Anti-Discrimination Law (12 March). Kazakhstan kk Opinion on the Draft Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities of Women and Men (18 June). Annual Report 2008 67