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.
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