The 129th Plenary Session of the Venice Commission was held on 10 and 11 December 2021, in hybrid form, in Venice and online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following the proposals made by the Committee of Wise Persons, the Venice Commission elected, for a term of two years:
- Claire Bazy Malaurie (France) as President
- M. Frendo (Malta), A. Nussberger (Germany), H. Thorgeirsdottir (Iceland) as Vice-Presidents
- P. Carozza (USA) P. Dimitrov (Bulgaria) S. Holovaty (Ukraine); R. Kiener (Switzerland) as members of the Bureau.
It welcomed the new functions of the former President, Mr Gianni Buquicchio, as Special Representative of the Commission.
The Commission held an exchange of views with:
- Ms Klotilda Bushka Head of the Committee of Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights, Parliament of Albania
- Ms Stephie Dracos Minister of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus (online)
- Mr Csaba Hende, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly (online)
- Ms Albulena Haxhiu, Minister of Justice of Kosovo
- Ms Angela Motuzoc, President of the Supreme Prosecutorial Council of the Republic of Moldova
- Mr Iulian Rusu, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova
- Mr Andrii Klochko, Chair of the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- Mr Askar Shakirov, Deputy Chairman Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
- Mr Kairat Abdrakhmanov, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
- As well as representatives of the Committee of Ministers, of the Parliamentary Assembly and of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
The following opinions have been adopted by the Venice Commission:
- Albania - Opinion on the Extension of the Term of Office of the Transitional Bodies in charge of the re-evaluation of Judges and Prosecutors
- Serbia - Urgent opinion on the revised draft Law on the Referendum and the People's Initiative
- Ukraine- Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the draft law “On Improving the Procedure For Establishing The Impossibility Of Holding National And Local Elections, All-Ukrainian And Local Referenda In Certain Territories And Polling Stations”
- Republic of Moldova - Amicus curiae Brief for the Constitutional Court on the constitutional Implications of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
- Kosovo - Opinion on the draft amendments to the law on the prosecutorial Council of Kosovo
- Hungary - Opinion on the compatibility with the international human rights standards of Act LXXIX amending certain Acts for the protection of children
- Kazakhstan - Opinion on the draft law “On the Commissioner for Human Rights”
- Serbia - Urgent opinion on the revised draft constitutional amendments on the judiciary, issued pursuant to Article 14a of the Venice Commission’s Rules of Procedure on 24 November 2021
- Republic of Moldova - Opinion on the amendments of 24 August 2021 to the law on the prosecution service
- Republic of Moldova - Joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on some measures related to the selection of candidates for administrative positions in bodies of self-administration of judges and prosecutors and the amendment of some normative acts
- Cyprus -Opinion on three Bills reforming the Judiciary
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