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Conference of European Constiutional Courts - POSTPONED

26/05/2020 - 29/05/2020
Prague - XVIIIth Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts

Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice

10/06/2020 - 12/06/2020
Cartagena, Colombia - XIII Congress of the Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice.

Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa

15/06/2020 - 16/06/2020
Maputo, Mozambique - 3rd International Symposium of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CCJA)

68th meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections

18/06/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

123rd Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

19/06/2020 - 20/06/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

Joint Council on Constitutional Justice - CANCELLED

02/07/2020 - 04/07/2020
Zagreb – at the invitation of the Constitutional Court of Croatia, the 19th meeting of the Joint Council on Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission will be held on 2-4 July 2020 in Zagreb.

Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions (AACC)

27/08/2020 - 28/08/2020
Nur-Sultan - IV Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions (AACC)

Austria - Constitutional Justice

01/10/2020 - 02/10/2020
Vienna - The Austrian Constitutional Court will celebrate its 100th anniversary.

69th meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections (TBC)

07/10/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

124th Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

08/10/2020 - 09/10/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

HUNGARY - Constitutional Court - 30th anniversary celebration

12/10/2020 - 14/10/2020
Budapest - celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Constitutional Court of Hungary.

Constitutional Justice - Southern Africa

2020
Arusha – The Venice Commission is invited to participate in the Conference of the Southern African Chief Justices Forum.

70th meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections

10/12/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

125th Plenary session of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

11/12/2020 - 12/12/2020
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

World Conference on Constitutional Justice

2021
Algiers - 5th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice.

Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa

05/04/2021 - 07/04/2021
Rabat and Fes - 6th Congress of the CCJA "Constitutional Courts and International Law".

Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts (ACCF)

26/05/2021 - 30/05/2021
France - the Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts will organise its Conference of Head of Institutions.

Association of Francophone Constitutional Courts (ACCF)

2022
Senegal – 9th Congress of the ACCF

 Covid-19 pandemic -
 Emergency powers -
 What standards?
 

 


During the current Covid-19 pandemic, national governments are taking exceptional measures to slow down the spread of the virus. On numerous occasions, the Venice Commission examined the limits of such emergency powers. The Commission has consistently underlined that State security and public safety can only be effectively guaranteed in a democracy which fully respects the rule of law. Even in genuine cases of emergency situations, the rule of law must prevail.

 

 

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