LEGISLATIVE REVIEWS Released in 2019 (available at www.legislationline.org) Country Full name of Legal Review Publication date 1 Slovakia Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Act on Establishment of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights 21 January 2 Tajikistan Note on Anti-Discrimination Legislation and Good Practices in the OSCE Region 6 February 3 Georgia Opinion on Draft Amendments relating to the Appointment of Supreme Court Judges of Georgia 17 April 4 Moldova Opinion on the Draft Law “Hate Crimes and Holocaust Denial - Amending and Supplementing Certain Acts” of the Republic of Moldova 26 April 5 North Macedonia Opinion on the Draft Law on Free Access to Public Information in the Republic of North Macedonia 15 July 6 Uzbekistan Comments on the Draft Law on Rallies, Meetings and Demonstrations of the Republic 2 September of Uzbekistan 7 Armenia Interim Opinion on the Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia on Ensuring Equality before the Law (as of November 2018) 6 September 8 Armenia Opinion on the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia on Political Parties 11 October 9 Moldova Interim Opinion on the Draft Law on the Reform of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Prosecutor’s Offices of the Republic of Moldova (as of September 2019) 16 October 10 Uzbekistan Comments on Certain Legal Acts Regulating Mass Communications, Information Technologies and the Use of the Internet in Uzbekistan 31 October 11 Uzbekistan Comments on the Law on Countering “Extremism” of the Republic of Uzbekistan 22 November 12 Mongolia Opinion on Draft Laws of Mongolia on Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Elections 25 November 13 Mongolia Opinion on the Draft Law on Political Parties of Mongolia 27 November 14 Bulgaria Opinion on the Act on Amendment of the Act on the 2019 State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria 3 December 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Joint Opinion* on the Legal Framework Governing the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Bosnia And Herzegovina, in its two Entities and in Brčko District 9 December 16 Armenia Final Opinion on the Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia on Ensuring Equality before 18 December the Law 17 Uzbekistan Comments on the Law on Combatting Terrorism of the Republic of Uzbekistan 20 December 18 Bosnia and Herzegovina Comments on the draft law on Public Assembly in Republika Srpska 27 December 19 Mongolia Opinion on the Law of Mongolia on the Legal Status of Citizen Representatives of Court Trials 27 December 20 Moldova Opinion on the Law on Countering Extremist Activity of the Republic of Moldova 30 December *Joint opinions are reviewed and published in partnership with the Council of Europe Venice Commission. 88 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OSCE