DEMOCRATIZATION    17 In 2016, following the launch of the Report on the Comprehensive Assessment of the Legislative Process in Armenia in October 2014 and four follow-up workshops in 2015, ODIHR compiled all recommendations gathered on these occasions into a Regulatory Reform Roadmap for Infographic on the overview and results of ODIHR's Legislative Assistance in 2016. Armenia, which was finalized in July. The Roadmap constitutes a homegrown plan of action that is expected to form the basis for further reform efforts in Armenia. Guidelines and Resources for Legislators and Other Relevant Stakeholders To assist participating States in their legal reform efforts, ODIHR has published a number of legislative guidelines that together provide a comprehensive and hands-on toolkit to assist lawmakers in drafting human rights-compliant legislation on often complex human dimension issues. ODIHR also runs the legislative database Legislationline.org, which provides examples from other countries’ legislation and regulatory systems, in English and Russian, and offers an invaluable and free-ofcharge resource for those developing or amending human dimension-related legislation. In 2016, the database was accessed 344,189 times. Throughout the year, ODIHR, with the help of its Advisory Panel on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Core Group of Political Party Experts, continued its work on updating guidelines and Alice Thomas (c), Chief of ODIHR's Legislative Support Unit, speaking at a workshop on the Regulatory Reform Roadmap for Armenia, while Arsen Mkrtchyan (r), First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and Alan Page (l), ODIHR expert, listen in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, 28 May 2016. (OSCE/Lili Nazaryan) “ We have already begun initiating reforms as indicated in the draft Roadmap. This workshop will help us finalize this document, which will be very useful in helping us plan and implement additional reform processes to make our legislative process less burdensome and more planned, transparent, and participatory” Arsen Mkrtchyan, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia, during a workshop organized jointly by ODIHR, the Ministry of Justice of Armenia and the OSCE Office in Yerevan on finalizing the Regulatory Reform Roadmap for Armenia (27-28 May 2016 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)

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