Publications and useful links
Indicative and non exhaustive list of documents
International legal instruments
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- Case-Law of the ECHR
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Recommendation (2017)5 on standards for e-voting
- Recommendation (2004) 11 on legal, operational and technical standards for e-voting
- Recommendation (2003) 3 on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision making
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Resolution 1897 (2012) on ensuring greater democracy in elections
- Resolution 1705 (2010) on thresholds and other features of electoral systems which have an impact on representativity of parliaments in Council of Europe member states
- Resolution 1706 (2010) on increasing women’s representation in politics through the electoral system
- Resolution 1619 (2008) on the state of democracy in Europe - The functioning of democratic institutions in Europe and progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure
Venice Commission
Handbooks
- Regional study on women’s political representation in the eastern partnership countries)
- Armenian version (April 2017)
- Azerbaijani version (April 2017)
- English version (April 2017)
- Georgian version (April 2017)
- Romanian version (April 2017)
- Ukrainian version (April 2017)
- Reporting on Elections : Council of Europe Handbook for Civil Society Organisations:
- Armenian version (June 2017)
- English version (2016)
- Georgian version (June 2017)
- Romanian version (June 2017)
- Russian version (2013)
- Ukrainian version (2013)
- Using International Standards in elections: Council of Europe Handbook for Civil Society Organisations:
- Armenian version (July 2017)
- English version (2016)
- Georgian version (July 2017)
- Romanian version (July 2017)
- Russian version (2013)
- Ukrainian version (2013)
- Handbook on Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Georgia
Brochures
Curricula first-time voters
Country reports on women participation in decision making
- Armenia (English + Armenian)
- Belarus | Belarusian version
- Georgia
- Republic of Moldova | Romanian version
- Ukraine
Resources
Contacts