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New President of the Commission

14/12/2007

Mr Jan Erik HELGESEN was elected President of the Venice Commission. He is the 2nd president in the history of the Commission.

Mr Helgesen has been a member of the Commission for Norway since its creation in 1990.

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#StandWithUkraine

International conference

“Money and Democracy – an Uneasy Relationship”

07 - 08/12/2023, Cologne, Germany

International seminar

“Constitutions and war”

14 - 15 September 2023
Madrid, Centre for Constitutional and Political Studies (CEPC)

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