In addition, standards in this area can be found in the recommendations of the UN, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. These include: General Comment No. 25 of the UN Human Rights Committee on the right to participate in public affairs, voting rights and the right of equal access to public service; Council of Europe Committee of Ministers RecommendationRec(2003)4 on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns (hereafter: “Rec(2003)4”); the Guidelines on Political Party Regulation (hereafter: “the Guidelines”) and the Guidelines on Freedom of Association, both issued by the OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission. This opinion also takes account of the following Venice Commission documents: Code of Good Practice in the field of Political Parties, report on the method of nomination of candidates within political parties, Opinion on the Prohibition of Financial Contributions to Political Parties from Foreign Sources, Guidelines and Explanatory Report on Legislation on Political Parties: some specific issues, Guidelines and Report on the Financing of Political Parties, Guidelines on prohibition and dissolution of political parties and analogous measures.