Democratization: Legislative Support In 2005, the ODIHR provided legislative reviews* and legal commentaries on the following: Armenia ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Draft amendments to the Constitution; Draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code; Draft amendments to the law on the human rights defender with regard to the legal status of the staff of the Office of the Human Rights Defender; Draft amendments to the law on conducting meetings, assemblies, rallies, and demonstrations and to related provisions of the Criminal Code; Law on terrorism. Azerbaijan ™ ™ ™ ™ Draft amendments to the law on non-governmental organizations; Guiding principles on freedom of association, with an emphasis on non-governmental organizations; Decree of the president on measures aimed at combating trafficking in human beings; Aspects of the draft law on population registration related to data protection. Georgia ™ ™ Draft amendments to the Constitution; Draft law on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and on the protection, assistance, and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking in human beings. Kazakhstan ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Draft law on measures aimed at combating extremism; Draft law on national security; Draft law on the activities of branch or representative offices of international or foreign non-profit organizations; on amendments to several legislative acts concerning non-profit organizations; Note on the relationship between the norms of international treaties and domestic legislation; Draft law on prevention of money laundering (and related amendments to other acts). ANNUAL REPORT 2005 Draft amendments to the Constitution; Decree on NGO-government partnership. Moldova ™ Draft law on the processing of personal data. Serbia and Montenegro ™ ™ Law on fighting trafficking in human beings. Belarus ™ Kyrgyzstan Draft law on freedom of worship, churches, religious communities, and religious associations (Republic of Serbia); Draft Police Act and the draft Parliamentary Police Oversight Act (Republic of Serbia). Turkmenistan ™ Draft Code of Criminal Procedure. Ukraine ™ ™ ™ Amendments to the Criminal Code: Article 8 on extraterritorial jurisdiction, Article 149 criminalizing trafficking in human beings, and Article 303 on involving an individual in prostitution and trading in prostitution; Amendments to Article 149-1 of the Criminal Code on inducing a person into exploitation; Draft law on compensation for victims of violent crimes. Uzbekistan ™ Draft law on civil society organizations and on guarantees for the activities of non-governmental, non-profit organizations. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ™ ™ Draft law on religious communities and religious groups; Draft law on equal opportunities of women and men. * The ODIHR also conducted a number of reviews in the area of electoral legislation. For more information, see Elections, p. 12. 47

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