Democratization
Follow-up activities are currently under discussion with Georgia’s Justice Ministry, and
ODIHR has further updated its assessment
report for Georgia. An assessment was conducted in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 2007 upon the request of the authorities. A report was presented in December. Follow-up activities to support the recommendations in the report are planned for 2008. An
assessment is planned for 2008 in Moldova, following amendments to the parliamentary rules
of procedure made in 2007.
As a reference tool for a variety of users, it is
the most comprehensive database on legislation
related to more than a dozen human dimension
issues such as human trafficking, elections, and
citizenship.
The website went through an overhaul in
2006 and 2007, resulting in a comprehensive
update of a number of topics, including trafficking in human beings, terrorism, freedom of
information, and NGOs. A search engine for all
of ODIHR’s legal assessments was added, and
the entire site was translated, and is now maintained, in Russian. Systematic efforts were made
in 2007 to collect and post domestic legislation
and international texts in Russian.
ODIHR’s legislative database, Legislationline, is
available at www.legislationline.org.
Improving legislationline.org
Legislationline (www.legislationline.org) is a
free-of-charge online legislative database that
was created in 2002 to assist OSCE participating States in bringing their legislation into line
with relevant international human rights standards. The database was designed to assist those
who prepare and draft laws at the working level.
Through Legislationline, they can obtain examples and options from other countries’ legislation that can help them make their own choices.
The activities involved in maintaining the database not only benefit lawmakers but also permit
ODIHR experts to observe patterns in legislative activity and identify good practices.
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