Prawnokarna ochrona wyborów i referendów w ustawodawstwach niektórych państw obszaru postsowieckiego

• Authors: Danuta Wąsik

Title variants

EN

Criminal law protection of elections and referendum in selected post soviet countries legislation

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this publication is to highlight the different models of criminal law protection of elections and referendum in selected post-soviet countries. The author points out sources of legislation, especially by typing electoral abuses and their criminal sanctions. Legislation analyzed in this publication focuses on Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The basis of main conclusions are also results of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election reports. In support of theses contained in the study, the author recalls specific cases of electoral abuses that took place in countries mentioned above.

Keywords

PL

wybory; referendum; kodeks karny; partia polityczna; ochrona; opozycja; państwa postsowieckie

EN

elections; referendum; Penal Code; a political party; protection; opposition; post-Soviet states

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Studia Wyborcze
• Year: 2013
• Volume: XVI
• Pages: 113-135

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Danuta Wąsik

• Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

Identifiers

ISSN

1898-0082