title: Expert examination of electoral legislation in the conclusions of the Venice Commission
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metadata.value: Kashirkina, Anna A.
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metadata.value: Morozov, Andrey N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-02-09T15:54:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-02-09T15:54:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.value: Kashirkina, Anna A., Andrey N. Morozov. 2021. “Expert examination of electoral legislation in the conclusions of the Venice Commission”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law 4: 1109–1127.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2021.419
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/34798
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the theoretical and practical approaches of the European Commission
  for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) to the assessment of electoral
  processes and elections in states. Since the Venice Commission is a subsidiary body of the
  Council of Europe, special attention is paid to the observance of Council of Europe standards
  in the field of human and civil rights in regard to elections. Through an empirical analysis
  of various documents of the Venice Commission (conclusions, recommendations, codes of
  practice, etc.), a conclusion is drawn about the existential approach of this body to assessing
  the electoral legislation of states. This approach is based on a wide array of sources perceived by experts of the Venice Commission, which, in addition to state legislation and official comments,
  may also include reports from the media, the Internet, the personal worldview of the
  expert and comments from other persons familiar with the situation. Based on this broad
  range of sources, the Venice Commission also objectifies its assessments into different acts,
  which may have a variety of names, but have the force of recommendations for states. Thus,
  the conclusions of the Venice Commission are acts of soft law and can be perceived by national
  legal systems using various channels of implementation. The analysis of the documents of the
  Venice Commission on elections and electoral processes shows that in the orbit of expertise
  of this body are such issues as: prevention of abuse of power and administrative resources of
  power in the organization and holding of elections; prevention of discrimination against opposition
  and various minorities, etc. The issues of gender equality in state authorities, protection
  of the rights of stateless persons, and voting using digital technologies are also considered.
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Law;Volume 12; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Venice Commission
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: elections
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: electoral processes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: international standards
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: human rights
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legislation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: democracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Expert examination of electoral legislation in the conclusions of the Venice Commission
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metadata.value: Article
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