The Draft law’s provisions on international observation are not fully in line with OSCE Commitments, in particular paragraph 8 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document that obliges Participating states to allow international observation. While the Draft law generally provides for international observation, Article 85 bans as international observers, citizens of, or persons proposed by, an “aggressor state or an occupying power”. In light of a 2018 Ukraine law designating the Russian Federation as an aggressor state, this provision in the Draft law de facto prohibits Russian Federation citizens or persons proposed by the Russian Federation to observe referendum (and elections) in Ukraine. Based on a similar provision in the election legislation, ODIHR in its 2019 final report on observing the presidential election noted that this deviates from OSCE Commitments. This recommendation stands also in relation to this Draft law.