During its plenary session on Friday and Saturday, 15- 16 March in Venice, the Venice Commission is set to adopt six draft opinions concerning: Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain questions relating to the functioning of the Constitutional Court; Bulgaria on the Code of Ethical Conduct for Judges and on the Code of Ethical Conduct for Prosecutors and Investigators; Hungary on the Act LXXXVIII of 2023 on the Protection of National Sovereignty; Lebanon on the draft law on the administrative judiciary; Spain on the rule of law requirements of amnesties, with particular reference to the parliamentary bill “on the organic law on amnesty for the institutional, political and social normalisation of Catalonia”. It also will hold an exchange of views with Mr Adam Bodnar, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Poland, on the rule of law in Poland. All adopted opinions will be published on 18 March.
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Venice Commission adopts opinion on the rule of law requirements of amnesties with particular reference to the amnesty bill in Spain
