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23/05/2013
Paris - As a contribution to the Council of Europe programme " "Building a Europe for and with children" the Venice Commission launches a study on "Children rights in Constitutions".
This is the first meeting of the working group of the rapporteurs.
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Please signal any irregularities on the new web-site to venice@coe.int.
Thank you!
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15/05/2013
Vienna - In the framework of the preparation of the Venice Commission’s opinion on the 4th amendment to the Hungarian Constitution, a delegation of the Commission will meet with the Hungarian authorities in Vienna.
The opinion will be adopted by the Commission at its June plenary session in Venice (14-15 June 2013).
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Marrakech, 14/05/2013 - 15/05/2013
Marrakech – the Venice Commission and the Moroccan Association of Constitutional Law organise the 2nd Intercultural Workshop on Democracy “The new constitutionalism in the Arab world: the process of constitution making in a changing environment”.
This activity will bring together constitution drafters from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia who will exchange their experiences in the field of constitutional reform. Among other issues, they will compare the approaches used in launching the revision of their respective Constitutions, the procedure used f... read more
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09/05/2013 - 13/05/2013
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Sofia - A delegation of the Venice Commission provides legal assistance to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which observes the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria of 12 May 2013.
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09/05/2013 - 11/05/2013
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Cotonou, Benin - 2nd Congress of the Conference of African Constitutional Jurisdictions and seminar on "Constitutional Justice in Africa".
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08/05/2013 - 09/05/2013
Bucharest - A delegation of the Venice Commission attends a Conference jointly organised with the Romanian Constitutional Forum, to discuss civil society proposals for amending the Constitution of Romania.
The meeting will be attended by representatives of the most prominent Romanian NGOs as well as of Romania's political forces and of the Constitutional Committee of the Parliament, in charge of drafting the Bill amending the present Constitution.
The Constitutional Forum was set up in March 2013 as a framework for the civil society to provide input to the constitution... read more
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07/05/2013
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Strasbourg – The President of the PACE’s Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Pietro Marcenaro requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on the 2012 Law on the Bar Association and the Profession of Defence Lawyer in the Republic of Belarus.
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03/05/2013
I learned today about the adoption, at first reading, of the draft amendment to the Law on the Constitutional Court of Moldova. According to this amendment, Parliament may remove judges of the Constitutional Court by a 3/5 vote of its members if the judges do not have Parliament’s “trust”.
Such a provision is in clear contradiction with European Standards on constitutional justice and is a clear violation of Article 137 of the Constitution of Moldova. A constitutional court has the task of controlling the work of Parliament. Subjecting its judges to the need of being “trusted” b... read more
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Kyiv, 25/04/2013
Kyiv – A delegation of the Venice Commission met with a group of experts of the Ministry of Justice and discussed draft amendments to the electoral legislation of Ukraine. Representatives of the OSCE/ODIHR and the EU Delegation to Ukraine also participated in this meeting.
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25/04/2013 - 26/04/2013
Rabat - A delegation of the Council of Europe meets the Moroccan authorities and civil society in the framework of the establishment of the Anti-discrimination Authority and the Fight Against All Forms of Discrimination and the Advisory Council for the Family and Childhood.
This visit follows the request by Ms Hakkoui, Minister for Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, for assistance from the Venice Commission in the establishment of the Anti-discrimination Authority and the Fight Against All Forms of Discrimination and the Advisory Council for the Family and Children.<... read more
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24/04/2013
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Ankara - preparatory meeting of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions.
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Almaty, 23/04/2013 - 25/04/2013
Almaty – a regional training course on access to justice for women, children and persons with disabilities“ will take place on 23-25 April 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
This event is aimed at professionals working with women, children and persons with disabilities, NGOs representatives as well as representatives of the judiciary of the five Central Asian states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The aim of the training event is three-fold:
• to raise awareness and to promote both the rights of groups that are easily excluded and discriminated agai... read more
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Tbilisi, 19/04/2013 - 19/04/2013
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Tbilisi State University - At the invitation of the European Law Students' Association in Georgia (ELSA-Georgia), an election expert and a member of the Secretariat are delivering a lecture on "new technologies and social media versus the European Electoral Heritage".
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Tbilisi, 17/04/2013 - 18/04/2013
Tbilisi - Fourth Eastern Partnership Facility Seminar entitled “the use of administrative resources during electoral campaigns” organised in co-operation with the Central Election Commission of Georgia.
This activity falls in the framework of the Joint Programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Support to free and fair elections in the Eastern Partnership countries”.
Representatives from the electoral management bodies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova are taking part in this Seminar.
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12/04/2013
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In the framework of the preparation of an opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary a delegation of the Venice Commission will visit Budapest.
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Punta Cana, 11/04/2013 - 12/04/2013
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The Venice Commission will attend the technical committee preparing ISO 17582, the draft quality management standard directed for electoral bodies.
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10/04/2013 - 11/04/2013
Baku - At the request of the Azerbaijani authorities and the Committee of Ministers, the Venice Commission provides legal assistance in the drafting of the law on protection against defamation.
A delegation from the Commission went to Baku to discuss the legislative process with the authorities, representatives of civil society and the media with the view to improve the national legal framework regulating the protection against defamation, in conformity with the ECHR and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
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10/04/2013 - 12/04/2013
A delegation of the Venice Commission visited the Principality of Monaco from 10 to 12 April 2013 in the framework of the preparation an opinion on the Constitution of Monaco, which was requested by the Parliamentary Assembly.
The delegation was composed as follows:
• Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission,
• Mr Jorgen Steen SORENSEN, Member in respect of Denmark,
• Mr Lazlo TROCSANYI, Member under Hungary,
• Ms Simona GRANATA MENGHINI – Deputy Secretary of the Venice Commission and
• Ms Charlotte BROUTELLES, legal advisor.
... read more
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09/04/2013 - 11/04/2013
Rabat - The Venice Commission contributes to the 11th training session for staff of Mediators members of the AOMF. The topic of the training is “Processing of complaints and means of intervention by Mediators and Ombudsmen”.
This activity is funded under the Joint EU - Council of Europe programme "Strengthening democratic reform in the Southern Neighbourhood.”
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Ashgabat, 09/04/2013 - 09/04/2013
Ashgabat – a roundtable on “The efficiency of the Judiciary and Access to Justice as the key elements of the Rule of Law” will take place on 9 April 2013 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
This roundtable is a joint activity of the Venice Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the authorities of Turkmenistan. Participants of this meeting include members of Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. Discussions will focus on the fundamental issues pertaining to the efficiency of the judiciar... read more
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Podgorica, 05/04/2013 - 08/04/2013
Podgorica - At the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Venice Commission ensures legal assistance to the Election Observation Mission of the Assembly in the context of the presidential election of 7 April 2013.
A 11-member delegation of the PACE, headed by Roman Jakič (Slovenia, ALDE), visits Montenegro from 5 to 8 April to observe the conduct of the presidential election, alongside inter alia observers from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE.
The delegation is due to meet the candidates in t... read more
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02/04/2013
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In a letter to the Venice Commission, Leonid Kravchuk, President of the Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine, requested the opinion of the Venice Commission on the draft law on the amendment of the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the judiciary, in respect of international standards and obligations deriving from the membership of Ukraine at the Council of Europe.
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02/04/2013 - 03/04/2013
Tunis - Representatives of the Venice Commission participate in the seminar on "Trade on the normative and institutional guarantees of freedom of expression", organised by the Council of Europe in partnership with the Arab Institute of Human Rights (AIHR) and the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF).
This activity provides for an opportunity to discuss constitutional and legal guarantees of freedom of expression in order to provide evidence that can inform the work of the new Constitution. A working session is devoted to the creation of new regulatory authority of T... read more
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28/03/2013
Strasbourg, Council of Europe – US Consul General in Strasbourg Mr Evan G. Reade and acting Legal Advisor at the US Department of State Ms Mary E. McLeod officially announced the decision of the US government to join the Commission on 15 April 2013.
Professor at the Columbia Law School Sarah H. Cleveland, who served as the US observer at the Venice Commission since September 2010, and Ms Evelyn M. Aswad, who is joining the University of Oklahoma College of Law as a law professor, are appointed as the US member and substitute respectively.
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26/03/2013
Strasbourg - A delegation of the Venice Commission participates in Council of Europe High-level consultations on the principles of further reform of the Public Prosecution Service of Ukraine with the Government, Parliament, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
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25/03/2013
Strasbourg – the Prime Minister of Romania, Mr Ponta, invited the Venice Commission to co-operate in the process of amending the Romanian Constitution.
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25/03/2013 - 26/03/2013
Brussels - A delegation of the Venice Commission participates on 25 and 26 March 2013 in an inception seminar co-organised by the European External Action Service, the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments and the Election Observation and Democratic Support project (EODS). The seminar aims at discussing current and future challenges facing election observation missions, testing ideas for strengthening EOM members knowledge and expertise, and reflecting upon the development of EOMs methodology.
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18/03/2013
The Venice Commission has been accepted as a Category A Liaison to the working group discussing ISO 17582, the draft quality management standard directed for electoral bodies.
Category A Liaisons are organisations that make an effective contribution to the work of a technical committee or subcommittee.
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17/03/2013 - 18/03/2013
Manama - A delegation of the Venice Commission will participate in the 8th Symposium of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils on the topic "Direct and Indirect Interpretation of the Constitution".
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14/03/2013 - 15/03/2013
Almaty - A roundtable on the "Reform of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan based on the principles of rule of law", organised by the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan and the Office of the Prosecutor will be held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) from 15 to 16 March 2013.
This activity is intended for judges, prosecutors and lawyers, as well as national experts involved in the reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The delegation of the Venice Commission will participate to present the European experience of the reform of the Criminal Code of countries like Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and S... read more
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13/03/2013
Strasbourg, Council of Europe - Following the joint statement from the President of the European Commission Barroso and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Jagland of 11 March 2013, the latter has requested an opinion on the compatibility of the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary with the Council of Europe standards.
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13/03/2013
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In a letter to Mr Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Martonyi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, requested an opinion from the Venice Commission on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary, with regard to the international commitments deriving from Hungary’s membership in the Council of Europe.
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13/03/2013 - 14/03/2013
Tunis - Representatives of the Venice Commission will participate in the symposium entitled "Together for a reform of the justice that takes into account applicable international standards" organized in the framework of the “Days of dialogue and reflection on the independence of the judiciary in Tunisia to the edge of the adoption of the Constitution”.
The themes of this symposium concern the reform of the judiciary in Tunisia:
- Legal framework for the independence of the judiciary in Tunisia;
- State of play of the reform of the judiciary in Tunisia since the revolution... read more
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08/03/2013 - 09/03/2013
The Commission
- Held an exchange of views with Mr Alexandre Baramidzé, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, Mr Konstantin Kublashvili, Chairman of the Supreme Court, Ms Tinatin Khidasheli and Mr Akaki Minashvili, Members of Parliament, and adopted
• the opinion on the draft amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Courts of General Jurisdiction, following its consideration by the Sub-Commission on the Judiciary on 7 March 2013; and
• the opinion on the Provisions relating to Political Prisoners in the Amnesty Law of Georgia, following its consideration by th... read more
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