This paper draws on the findings of six case studies on the role of parliaments in conflict and post-conflict situations that were prepared in the period January to June 2005 by the Centre for Liberal Strategies and its partners in the CIS countries studied. The case studies cover five countries (Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine) and the UN-administered Kosovo region, within the federation of Serbia and Montenegro. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate trends and problems which are common to the region of Eastern Europe as a whole.