Apart from the 2013 Report on the misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes, the Guidelines are based on the following documents:
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), CopenhagenDocument, 1990, Paragraph 5.4;
- United Nations, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), General Comment No. 25, Article 25;
- Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns;
- Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures concerning media coverage of election campaigns;
- Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on protection of whistleblowers;
- Council of Europe, Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Horizontal Review “Fighting Corruption – Political Funding”, as well as country evaluation reports especially those of the Third Evaluation Round;
- Venice Commission, Report on the misuse of administrative resources duringelectoral processes;
- Venice Commission, conclusions of the Seminar held on 17-18 April 2013 in Tbilisi on the use of administrative resources during electoral campaigns;
- Venice Commission, conclusions of the 11th European Conference of the Electoral Management Bodies held in Helsinki on 26-27 June 2014 on the same topic;
- Venice Commission, Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters;
- Venice Commission, Code of Good Practice in the Field of Political Parties;
- OSCE, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and Venice Commission, Guidelines on Political Party Regulation;
- OSCE/ODIHR, Handbook for the Observation of Campaign Finance;
- OSCE/ODIHR, Review of Electoral Legislation and Practice in OSCE Participating States.
