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"Paragraph 7.6 [of the Copenhagen Document] requires that the government provide political parties and organisations "with the necessary legal guarantees to enable them to compete with each other on a basis of equal treatment before the law and by the authorities"."

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OSCE (ODIHR): Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition, p. 19

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Guidelines for Reviewing a Legal Framework for Elections, First Edition

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Regardless of their ideological position, political parties should be treated equally in being recognized and registering as a party.