The revised law appears to require two party congresses to have taken place at national, provincial and district levels to allow a party to take part in the next parliamentary elections to take place the year after the entry into force of the revised legislation. This is an excessive burden. The detrimental effect of the provision on the electoral participation of newly created parties cannot be assessed as satisfying the requirement of necessity in a democratic society to comply with the limitation criteria for Articles 11 of the ECHR and Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the ECHR, as developed in the ECtHR case-law. Therefore, the provision appears to entail a discriminatory effect with respect to the freedom of association and participation in political life, contrary to international standards, as well as to prior ODIHR recommendations.