Publications

Bulletin on Constitutional Case-law and CD-Rom CODICES

The Bulletin on Constitutional Case Law reports on the most significant decisions of constitutional courts and courts of equivalent jurisdiction in Europe and other continents, as well as those of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

CODICES is also a publication of the Venice Commission: it's the electronic counterpart of the Bulletin.  CODICES represents approximately 100 000 pages of printed text. Apart from more than 4000 summaries, also published in the Bulletin, the data base contains the full texts of about 5 000 decisions, mainly in English or French but also in other 24 languages. All the special bulletins are also included in CODICES, as are a number of constitutions including the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Paper version (3 Bulletins + 1 Special Issue) - Yearly subscription

CD-Rom CODICES (3 CD-Roms)  - Yearly subscription 

Paper version + CD Roms - Yearly subscription 

All previous Bulletins (since 1993, one language)

The Bulletin and CD- Rom CODICES are available on the website of the Council of Europe publishing.

Link to the Special Bulletin on the Leading Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Russian

"Science and technique of democracy"

The Science and Technique of Democracy collection reports on the Universities for Democracy (UniDem) seminars where transnational topics are being discussed by international scholars'.

Full list of the series

The titles of Science et technique collection can be ordered through the Council of Europe Publishing

• Annual Reports of Activities - from 1993 onwards (also available on site in English and French)

• Code of Good practice in electoral matters (2011, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic)

• "Services provided by the Venice Commission to Constitutional Courts and equivalent bodies", 2011 (English, French)

• "Selected studies and reports" (English 2010; English /French 2011 - forthcoming)

• "Venice Commission - 20th anniversary - Key facts", 2010 (English, French and Spanish versions)

• "Venice Commission - 20 years of publications", 2010 (bi-lingual version)

• "The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe", 2009 (English, French and Russian versions)

• "10^th anniversary of the Venice Commission – speeches presented at the ceremony to commemorate the Commission’s 10th anniversary", 2000 ( English, French)

• Revised Statute of the European Commission for Democracy through Law, bilingual (E-F) version, 2002

These publications are available, free of charge, from venice@coe.int