LegislationLine.org
Title
Legislationline - free online legislation database
Description
A core task of the Unit is to lend assistance to lawmakers upon request while the legislative process is underway in the form of either opinions or comments on individual pieces of legislation affecting or relating to human dimension issues. This primarily consists of providing legal expertise to assess compliance with relevant standards, making recommendations to improve draft legislation, and sharing good practices that may help law drafters explore options other than those originally considered. In terms of sharing good practices, the ODIHR’s legislative database (www.legislationline.org) is a powerful tool for all those involved in legislative reform.
Assistance does not, however, end at the law-drafting stage. While reviewing individual pieces of legislation, the ODIHR found that legislative processes were often dysfunctional, this resulting in ineffective legislation. In response, a pilot methodology was developed by the ODIHR in 2005. The first step is to survey senior members of government, parliament, and civil servants in order to get a picture of a particular country's entire legislative process, including the structure and interaction of institutions involved. A subsequent assessment is carried out to identify weaknesses or gaps and propose measures to address them. Depending on the outcome of the previous stages, a series of workshops bringing together those involved in the legislative process in order to find solutions to the identified problems may be considered. These workshops may also provide a forum for assessing training and other needs and propose targeted training schemes.
- Irina Urumova (Legal Expert) [freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of information] irina.urumova@odihr.pl
Languages
English
Contact
- OSCE - ODIHR
-
- Warsaw **
- Poland 00-557
-
- +1.48225200
