Requested by: Chairperson, Committee on legal affairs of the Verkhovna Rada

Recommended Measures:
In light of the above, OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission make the following key recommendations for improvement of the Draft Law: A. to substantially revise or delete draft Article 10 par 3 requiring a party that wishes to be registered to form and register regional organisations in at least five electoral regions of Ukraine; B. to remove the requirement of confirming registered parties within one year after their establishment under draft Article 16; C. to remove draft Article 19 requiring political parties to register their members in a Unified Register of Members of Political Parties; D. to substantially revise draft Section IV on Activities of Political Parties or to remove the provisions which impinge too far on the autonomy of political parties; E. to amend draft Article 36 par 2 by revising disproportionate limitations on individuals’ right to donate to political parties, and at the same time to lower the donation ceilings for individuals and for legal entities under draft Article 36 pars 2 and 3 respectively; F. to define the mandates and competences of the oversight bodies with more precision in draft Section VIII; and G. to introduce a wider spectrum of sanctions for different violations of the Draft Law to ensure that individual sanctions are proportionate to the established offences.

Measures taken: According to information available, the draft law has not yet been adopted.