121st Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
06/12/2019 - 07/12/2019
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
120th Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
11/10/2019 - 12/10/2019
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
119th Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
21/06/2019 - 22/06/2019
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
15/03/2019 - 16/03/2019
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista - In its first plenary session of 2019, the Venice Commission adopted the opinion on the introduction of a separate system of administrative courts in Hungary. Hungarian Justice Minister László Trócsányi attended the session on Friday 15 March.
Other adopted opinions concern the revision of Luxembourg’s constitution, legal provisions on the relationship between the prosecution and the police in Georgia and on the Judicial Council of North Macedonia.
The Venice Commission also adopted four thematic texts concerning: prin... read more
14/12/2018 - 15/12/2018
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista - The Commission:
- Held a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Strasbourg attack of 11 December 2018;
- Held an exchange of views with Ms Klotilda Bushka, Secretary of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Assembly of Albania, and with Mr Oerd Bylykbashi, Representative of the Democratic Party, and adopted the Opinion on the draft Constitutional amendments of Albania enabling the vetting of politicians, previously examined by the Sub-Commissions on Democratic Institutions and on the Mediterranean ... read more
19/10/2018 - 20/10/2018
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista - The Commission:
- Held an exchange of views with Ms Vasilika Hysi, Vice President of the Parliament of Albania, and adopted the Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR on the draft law on the legislative initiative of citizens in Albania, previously adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections on 18 October 2018;
- Held an exchange of views with Mr Ararat Mirzoyan, First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, on future co-operation and was informed on the latest developments concerning the envisaged early ... read more
22/06/2018 - 23/06/2018
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista - The Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has just adopted an opinion on the compatibility with international human rights standards of the Hungarian government’s new “Stop Soros” draft legislative package as far as it affects NGOs. The opinion, jointly prepared with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE, assessed amendments to certain laws relating to measures to combat illegal immigration. The legal experts held an exchange of views with Mr Balázs Orbán, State Secretary of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s office... read more
16/03/2018 - 17/03/2018
At its 114th plenary session which took place on 16-17 March 2018 in Venice (Italy), the Commission:
• Paid tribute to late Mr Boguslaw Banaszak, member in respect of Poland;
• Was informed of the difficult financial situation following the reduction of the Commission’s budget, thanked Italy for its recent voluntary contribution in addition to its statutory one, and encouraged all member states to also consider making additional contributions to the Commission’s budget;
• Adopted the Opinions on:
- the draft law of Armenia on making amendments to the Law ... read more
08/12/2017 - 09/12/2017
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista