11. Regrets that these laws are already used to arrest and fine citizens, including heterosexual citizens, who express support, tolerance or acceptance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; also regrets that these laws legitimate homophobia and sometimes violence, as was the case in the violent attack of a bus carrying LGBT activists on 17 May 2012 in Saint Petersburg; or two gay pride leaders being beaten up on 20 May 2012 in Kiev, resulting in cancelling the pride; condemns the violence and threats surrounding the Kiev Pride on 20 May; recalls that for visa liberalisation, Ukraine is bound to introduce anti-discr ...[+++]imination legislation including sexual orientation; is of the opinion that the current developments in Ukraine, the proposed draft laws against ‘spreading homosexuality’ and the incidents surrounding the Kiev Pride, are in contradiction to this; calls upon the Ukrainian authorities to immediately revoke the draft laws, to propose anti-discrimination legislation including sexual orientation and to commit to making a safe Kiev Pride possible next year;

6. Strongly supports the recommendations expressed in the joint opinion of the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR on the draft parliamentary election law; Considers it essential that these recommendations are adopted and implemented in an expedient, inclusive and comprehensive fashion that involves both opposition and civil society;

It is very important for us to clearly highlight the fact that 20 countries out of 27 have still not incorporated existing bills of law into national legislation, whereas the new steps we have yet to take in liberalising the market will have to be backed up by further supplementary means in order to implement what has previously been enacted.

It is very important for us to clearly highlight the fact that 20 countries out of 27 have still not incorporated existing bills of law into national legislation, whereas the new steps we have yet to take in liberalising the market will have to be backed up by further supplementary means in order to implement what has previously been enacted.

E. whereas, at a joint public hearing that took place before the Women's Affairs, Human Rights and Justice Committees of the House of Representatives on 14 February 2007, a large group of civil society organisations expressed their concern at the human rights implications of the bill and its unconstitutionality, the UNAIDS representative in Nigeria highlighted the negative impact of the bill on HIV/AIDS prevention, and the Nigerian Human Rights Commission expressed similar concerns, raising doubts about the need for such legislation,

Thus, the report takes stock of the entry into force of the Estonian amendments to the Criminal Code on 15/03/07 as well as of the submission for approval to the House of Representatives of the Cypriot "2006 Terrorism and related matters Bill".