Compendium of Standards, Good Practices and Recommendations Good Practices and Recommendations » Members of the armed forces should have the same rights as other citizens to vote in elections. » Where military duties prevent armed forces personnel from voting in the normal way, the armed forces should take positive measures to enable them to vote in conformity with electoral law. » Members of the armed forces and military personnel should be permitted to join legal political parties, and restrictions should only be imposed in the case of political parties that actively threaten the constitutional order. » Where restrictions are imposed on service personnel’s right to hold office in political parties, engage in political campaigning or stand for election to political office, these should be prescribed in legislation, be strictly necessary and proportionate, and be applied in a non-discriminatory fashion. » Any restrictions on the right of service personnel to take part in peaceful assemblies should be prescribed in legislation, be strictly necessary and proportionate, and be applied in a non-discriminatory fashion. Further reading Council of Europe, “Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)4 on the Human Rights of Members of the Armed Forces,” 24 February 2010, https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/ result_details.aspx?ObjectId=09000016805cf8ef. Council of Europe Research Division, National Security and European Case-Law (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2013). ECHR, Guide on Article 3 Protocol 1: Right to Free Elections (Strasbourg, ECHR, April 2018), https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Guide_Art_3_Protocol_1_ENG.pdf. ODIHR, “About Associationline”, ODIHR AssociatiOnline.org website, http://www. associationline.org/guidebook ODIHR, Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Second Edition (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2010), https://www.osce.org/odihr/73405. ODIHR, Guidelines on Political Party Regulation (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2011), paragraph 117, https:// www.osce.org/odihr/77812. 89