The Venice Commission continued its assistance to the Parliament  of Montenego in the preparation of the new Constitution. A draft constitution was submitted to Parliament in August 2007. The Commission's suggestions for improvement of this text were discussed with the authorities and were largely accepted. The new Constitution, which was finally adopted on 19 October 2007 meets European standards in most respects. An opinion on the new constitution will be discussed by the Commission at its Plenary Session of December 2007.

In March 2007, the Venice Commission adopted a preliminary report on blasphemy, religious insults and incitement to religious hatred at the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Commission considered that criminal legislation was necessary but not sufficient to avoid a clash between the fundamental right to freedom of expression, on the one hand, and the equally fundamental right to respect for one's beliefs on the other hand.  In order to explore complementary non-legal means of addressing this issue, the Venice Commission is organising in Athens, on 31 January - 1 February 2008, a round table on "Art and Sacred Beliefs: from collision to coexistence", in cooperation with the Hellenic League of Human Rights. In a spirit of openness, tolerance and respect, the participants - journalists, artists, publishers, representatives of religions and cults, lawyers - will be invited to provide examples of best practices they may be aware of, and make practical suggestions for overcoming constructively situations in which one right might be at risk of being unduly limited by another.