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126th plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

18/03/2021 - 20/03/2021

Due to continued COVID-19 restrictions, the first plenary session of the Venice Commission in 2021 took place virtually.

Unprecedented number of opinions -14 - were adopted including opinions on the Citizens’ security law in Spain, on constitutional amendments and the procedure for their adoption in Russia, on the compatibility with European standards of criminal law provisions in Belarus used to prosecute peaceful demonstrators.

A joint opinion of the Venice Commission and Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe (DGI) on recent amendments in Georgia to the law on electronic communications and the law on broadcasting was also on the agenda. Joint OSCE/ODIHR opinions on draft amendments to Georgia’s election code, the organic law on the political associations of citizens and rules of procedure of Parliament of Georgia, and on Ukraine’s draft law on political parties were equally adopted.

Related documents
CDL(2021)021  English  13/03/2021 -  Public
Kyrgyzstan - Draft joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the draft Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic  (H. SUCHOCKA, A. NUSSBERGER, Q. QERIMI, P. CAROZZA)
CDL-REF(2021)017  English  23/02/2021 -  Public
Kyrgyzstan - Draft law on the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic 
CDL(2021)015  English  03/03/2021 -  Public
Georgia - Draft Joint Opinion on draft article 79 1 of the election code  (D. BISSON, M. FRENDO, N. ALIVIZATOS, J. CASTELLÀ ANDREU)
CDL(2021)010  English  25/02/2021 -  Public
Georgia - Draft Joint Opinion on amendments to the Election Code, the Law on Political Associations of Citizens and the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament  (D. BISSON, M. FRENDO, N. ALIVIZATOS, J. CASTELLÀ ANDREU, A. THOMAS, F. CASAL BERTOA)
CDL-PL-OJ(2021)001ann  French  05/03/2021 -  Public
126e session plénière (19-20 mars 2021) - projet d'ordre du jour annoté 
CDL-PL-OJ(2021)001ann  English  05/03/2021 -  Public
126th Plenary Session (19-20 March 2021) - Draft Annotated Agenda 


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