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1. Introduction [Brice Dickson and Helen Hardman] Part I: Hard and Soft Law Human Rights Standards relating to Elections 2. The Contribution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Soft Law in Electoral Matters [Chemavon Chahbazian] 3. Between Soft and Hard Law Standards: The Contribution of the Venice Commission in the Electoral Field [Amaya Úbeda de Torres] 4. The Level of the Protection of the Right to Free Elections in the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights [Eszter Bodnár] Part II: National and Regional Case Studies 5. Voting Rights of Minorities and the Role of Ethnicity in Elections in the Post-Yugoslav Space [Petra Roter] 6. Prisoner Voting Saga: Reasons for Challenges [Kanstantsin Dzhietsiarou] 7. Electoral Rights in Russia: Mapping the Situation at the European Court of Human Rights [Olga Chernishova] Part III: Comparative Perspectives 8. When Elections are Free but not Effective: Party Systems and Corruption [Petra Schleiter and Alisa Voznaya] 9. The Impact of Elections and Voter De-alignment on Human Rights [Helen Hardman] 10. Electoral Finances, Human Rights and Fairness [Brice Dickson] 11 Conclusions [Helen Hardman and Brice Dickson]