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Recent and current events
15/07/2010 - 16/07/2010
Berlin - A delegation of the Venice Commission participates, together with several members of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia and other international experts, in a conference organised by the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) on the constitutional reform in Georgia.
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13/07/2010 - 14/07/2010
Batumi - Conference in co-operation with the Constitutional Court of Georgia on "Judicial Activism".
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12/07/2010 - 15/07/2010
Jakarta - The Venice Commission will participate in the 7th Conference of Asian Constitutional Court Judges, organised by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
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07/07/2010 - 08/07/2010
Baku - A workshop organised with the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan for training commissioners on complaints and appeals procedures in the context of the forthcoming elections.
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07/07/2010 - 09/07/2010
Managua, Nicaragua - The Venice Commission will participate in the VIIIth Ibero-American Conference of on Constitutional Justice on "Constitutional Justice and Social and Economic Rights".
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06/07/2010
Strasbourg – A delegation of the Constitutional Court of Austria under its President will meet the President and the Secretary of the Venice Commission.
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Bishkek - Conference in co-operation with the Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan on "the Role of the Constitutional Court in the the System of Legal Protection of the Constitution".
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23/06/2010 - 25/06/2010
Kiev - The Venice Commission will participate in an expert meeting on judicial independence of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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22/06/2010
Strasbourg - Venice Commission substitute member in respect of Germany Ms Angelika NUSSBERGER has been elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting this week in plenary session in Strasbourg, by absolute majority of the votes cast as judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Germany.
The term of office is 9 years starting on 1 January 2011.
Judges are elected by PACE from a list of three candidates nominated by each State which has ratified the European Convention on Human
today elected Angelika Nussberger
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CV of Angelika NUSSBERGER
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22/06/2010 - 23/06/2010
London - 7th conference of the European Electoral Management Bodies on "Every Voter Counts", in cooperation with the Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom
The Conference will take place on 22 and 23 June 2010 in Dexter House, No.2 Royal Mint Court, Tower Hill, London.
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Programme
Programme (Russian version)
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14/06/2010 - 17/06/2010
Trieste, Italy -This seminar, the last of three in 2010, addresses "The quality of law". It discusses principles and practices of good law-making and different aspects of the legislative drafting process. The impact of international and European law on national legislation is also examined.
Thanks to the Joint Programme "Rule of Law Initiative in Central Asia" with the European Commission, this seminar is also open to civil servants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan and Uzbekistan.
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11/06/2010
Rome - The Venice Commission takes part in the III Italian-Polish Colloquium on institutional changes entitled "The Developments of secondary electoral legislation in Europe".
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09/06/2010
Bucharest - At the invitation of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO), a representative of the Venice Commission participates in a workshop devoted to the voters' lists and their accuracy in transitional democracies.
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08/06/2010
Bucharest - The Venice Commission takes part in an "Out of Country Voting Workshop"-, organised by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division and the Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority.
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05/06/2010
Venice - 3rd meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice
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05/06/2010
Venice - The Commission celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday 5 June 2010, 09h30 - 12:30. A press conference took place at the Scoula, at 12:30.
For more information:
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20 anniversary page
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04/06/2010 - 05/06/2010
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evanglelista - At its 83d plenary session on 4 June 2010, the Commission adopted the opinions on the legislation concerning inter alia the following issues:
• Azerbaijan – normative legal Acts;
• Belarus – amendments to the Electoral Code;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – prevention of conflict of interest and freedom of assembly in Canton of Sarajevo, BiH;
• Bulgaria – forfeiture by the State of illegally acquired assets ( second interim opinion);
• Georgia – Electoral reform;
• Kyrgyzstan – draft Constitution;
• Moldova – amendments to the Electoral Code;
• Montenegro – Electoral reform and representation of minorities.
The Commission adopted the reports on:
• Freedom of assembly – joint Venice Commission / OSCE revised guidelines
• Report on counter-terrorism measures and human rights
All the opinions are public after their adoption and are available on the website of the Venice Commission after the session.
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Adopted documents
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