Republic of Moldova – Request for an Opinion
By letter dated 27 March 2025, the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Mr Igor Grosu, requested an Opinion of the Venice Commission on three legislative initiatives regarding mass media: the draft Law on Media, as well as the amendments to the Audiovisual Media Services Code...
Stability of electoral law - Practical Aspects - 20th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies
Vilnius - The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania and the Council for Democratic Elections of the Council of Europe organised the 20th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies in Vilnius on 15 and 16 April 2025. This year the European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies was...
The Venice Commission 1990-2025: Taking stock of 35 years for democracy through law
On 15-16 May 2025, the International Conference “The Venice Commission 1990-2025: Taking stock of 35 years for democracy through law” will take place in Milan, Italy, as well as online. The conference is organised by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe together with the Bocconi...
CHILE - Request for an opinion
Mr Jaime Gajardo Falcón, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Chile, requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on the draft constitutional amendments on the Judicial Appointments Council. The draft opinion is scheduled for discussion and adoption at the 143rd Plenary Session of the Venice...
Republic of Moldova – Request for Follow-up Opinion
By letter dated 28 February 2025, the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Mr Igor Grosu, requested a follow-up opinion of the Venice Commission on the amendments to the draft law on the anticorruption judiciary system and other normative acts. The draft opinion is scheduled...
Participation of the Venice Commission during an exchange of views with the Drafting Group on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH-IA)
Mr Rafael Bustos Gisbert, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Spain, participated online in a meeting of the Drafting Group on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence of the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CDDH-IA), which took place in Strasbourg, France,...
Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic
The legal expertise provided at the request of the Kyrgyz authorities, the ways to address the Venice Commission recommendations and the improvement of the existing co-operation were discussed during the meeting of the Venice Commission Secretary, Director Simona Granata-Menghini with a Kyrgyz...
HUNGARY - Request for an opinion from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
By letter dated 30 January 2025, Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary and on Act LXVII of 2024 amending Act CLI of 2011 on the...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the High-level Conference with Ombudsperson Institutions and National Human Rights Institutions
The Venice Commission participated in the High-level Conference with Ombudsperson Institutions and National Human Rights Institutions, co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. The conference addressed current challenges related to the rule...
United Kingdom – Urgent Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee in relation to its Inquiry into the rule of law
On 11 March 2025, the House of Lords Constitution Committee published a call, inviting interested organisations and individual persons, to submit written evidence to the inquiry it is conducting into the state of the rule of law in the United Kingdom. In this context, the Venice Commission is...
HUNGARY - Forthcoming opinion - Country visit
Budapest - On 25 and 26 March 2025, a delegation of the Venice Commission conducted a visit to Budapest, Hungary, in the framework of the preparation of the Opinion on Act LXXIX of 2024 amending certain laws relating to elections. This Opinion was requested by the Chairperson of the Monitoring...
Albania - workshop on Judicial Capacity Development in Election Dispute Resolution
The Venice Commission, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the Council of Europe Office in Tirana organised a workshop on Judicial Capacity Development in Election Dispute Resolution (EDR) for the Electoral College in Albania in Durrës on 25–26 March 2025. Held in...
MONGOLIA – Request for an opinion
By letter dated 21 March 2025, the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia, Mr Bayasgalan Gungaa, requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on the draft laws on the Constitutional Court and the Procedure of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia. The draft opinion is scheduled for...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the Post-Electoral Analysis Conference in Chișinău, 18-19 March 2025
Chișinău, 18/03/2025 – Mr Oliver Kask, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Estonia and Substitute Member of the Council for Democratic Elections, participated in the Post-Electoral Analysis Conference following the Presidential Election and the Republican Constitutional...
142nd plenary session of the Venice Commission
14-15 March 2025, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista – During its 142nd Plenary Session, the Venice Commission had on its agenda, in particular, 14 opinions concerning 10 countries (Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, North Macedonia,...
82nd meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections
The 82nd meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections was held on 13 March 2025 in Venice, Italy. During this meeting, the Council approved: the draft Opinion on the amendments to the Organic Law "Election Code of Georgia", pertaining to local elections; the draft Opinion on the draft...
Venice Commission – IACL Conference on “Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons: The Venice Commission’s Experience in Elaborating Transnationally Valid Constitutional Standards”
On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, the Venice Commission, in co-operation with the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), and with the support of the Veneto Regional Council, organised the international conference “Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons: The Venice...
GEORGIA - Urgent Opinion on amendments to the Code of administrative offences and the Law on assemblies and demonstrations
Strasbourg - The Venice Commission issued its Urgent Opinion on the amendments adopted by the Georgian Parliament on 13 December 2024 and 6 February 2025 to the Code of Administrative Offences and the Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations of Georgia. The request for an Urgent Opinion was made by...
Participation of the Venice Commission in a hearing on the follow-up to PACE Resolution 2513(2023) on “Pegasus and similar spyware and secret State surveillance”
Paris/online - Mr Iain Cameron, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Sweden, participated online in a meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which took place in Paris, France, on 3 March 2025. Mr Cameron...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Elections organised by the National Electoral Commission of Portugal
Mr Srdjan Darmanović, Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Montenegro and Vice-Chair of the Council for Democratic Elections, took part in the Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Elections organised by the National Electoral Commission of Portugal to commemorate its 50th...
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