Documents by Opinion and Study All Opinions and Studies / Opinions (country specific) / Studies (general or comparative) Studies • 531/2009 Study on Private Military and Security Firms and Erosion of the State Monopoly on the use of force • 507/2008 Study on the Cancellation of election results • 498/2008 Constitutional issues raised by Ratification of the Rome Statute • 494/2008 Study on the independence of the judicial system • 488/2008 Imperative Mandate • 485/2008 Quorums • 482/2008 Women's representation • 477/2008 Election Observation, legislation • 470/2008 Right to Good Governance • 469/2008 Constitutional Provisions on Amendments of the Constitution • 446/2007 The right of legislative initiative • 430/2007 Private video surveillance • 428/2007 Media coverage of election campaigns (Revision of the Recommendation No. R(99)15) • 426/2007 Choosing the date of an election • 415/2006 Role of media for democracy • 414/2006 Code of Good Practice in the field of Political Parties • 406/2006 Blasphemy, religious insults and incitement to religious hatred • 404/2006 Video Surveillance in Public Places • 403/2006 Judicial appointments • 389/2006 Study on the civilian command authority over armed forces • 388/2006 Study on democratic oversight of the security sector in member states • 387/2006 Study on Dual Voting for Persons belonging to National Minorities • 371/2006 Referendum Guidelines • 369/2006 Revised guide on the evaluation of the elections • 366/2006 Amicus curiae opinion on the Prohibition of Financial Contributions to Political Parties from Foreign Sources (ECtHR) • 363/2005 International legal obligations of Council of Europe member States in respect of secret detention facilities and inter-state transport of prisoners • 359/2005 Human Rights in emergency situations • 353/2005 Democratic oversight of security sector in Member States • 352/2005 Electoral right in Europe • 351/2005 Secrecy of the vote in the context of parliamentary procedure • 348/2005 Stability of the Electoral Law • 341/2005 Referendums towards good practices in Europe • 335/2005 The role of the Second Chamber • 332/2005 Guidelines on freedom of expression • 329/2004 Political Parties and Elections • 325/2004 Principles for International Election Observation • 324/2004 Women's participation in elections • 316/2004 Remedies to excessive length of proceedings • 307/2004 Minorities - Electoral process • 306/2004 Restrictions in the Right to Vote • 304/2004 Status of International Human Rights Treaties in European legal systems • 301/2004 Questionnaire on the evaluation of elections • 294/2004 Reflection on the definition of "Minority" - the Citizenship requirement • 287/2004 Referendum • 285/2004 Media Monitoring during Election Observation Missions • 282/2004 Future of Democracy • 260/2003 Remote voting • 253/2003 Convention on free elections ACEEEO • 250/2003 Electoral Systems • 247/2003 Guidelines on Legislation on Political Parties • 245/2003 Possible revision of the Geneva Convention • 244/2003 Documents informing electors • 235/2003 Election Evaluation Guide • 209/2002 Execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights • 190/2002 Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters • 186/2001 Preambles to Constitutions • 168/2001 Legislation on Kin-Minorities • 143/2001 Constitutional Referendum • 132/2000 Constitutional implications of the ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) • 126/2000 Ethno-politic conflicts • 125/2000 The Execution of Constitutional Court Decisions • 123/2000 General judiciary authority • 97/1999 Self-Determination and Secession in Constitutional Law • 91/1999 Federated and regional entities and international treaties • 82/1998 Financing of Political Parties • 63/1998 Guidelines on Prohibition and Dissolution of Political Parties and Analogous Measures • 51/1997 Constitutional Law and European Integration • 39/1997 Control of Security Services • 25/1996 Federal and regional State • 14/1995 Interpretation of Article 1 of Recommendation 1201 (1933) of the Parliamentary Assembly • 10/1995 Participation of Minorities in Public Life • 8/1995 Composition and Formation of Constitutional Juridictions • 7/1995 Constitutional Foundations of Foreign Policy • 3/1995 Consequences of State succession on citizenship • 1/1995 Parliamentary Immunity