Opinion search
1240/2025
Republic of Moldova - Opinion on the legislative reforms on mass media regulation: the draft law on mass media, the draft law amending the Audiovisual Media Services Code, and the draft law amending the Law on advertising
Requested by: Republic of Moldova, President of the Parliament Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1238/2025
Poland - Opinion on the draft laws on the status of judges, prepared by the Codification Commission of the Polish Ministry of Justice
Requested by: Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Monitoring Committee, President Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1237/2025
Montenegro - Opinion on the questions raised by representatives of both the government and the opposition
Requested by: Montenegro, Prime Minister Adoption foreseen: 2025
1236/2025
Mongolia - Opinion on the draft laws on the Constitutional Court and the Procedure of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia
Requested by: Mongolia, Constitutional Court, President Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1235/2025
Urgent submission to the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom in relation to its inquiry into the Rule of Law
Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1234/2025
Republic of Moldova - Joint Follow-up opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe to the previous opinion on the draft Law on the anti-corruption judicial system
Requested by: Republic of Moldova, President of the Parliament Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1233/2025
Chile - Opinion on the draft constitutional amendments on the Judicial Appointments Council
Requested by: Chile, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1232/2025
Hungary - Opinion on Act LXXIX of 2024 amending certain laws relating to elections
Requested by: Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, President of the Monitoring Committee Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1231/2025
Hungary - Opinion on the constitutional and legislative amendments concerning the requirements to be appointed Prosecutor General and Constitutional Court Judge of Hungary, as well as the appointment and retirement of judges
Requested by: Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, President of the Monitoring Committee Adoption foreseen: 06/2025
1230/2025
Armenia - Opinion on the draft amendments and supplements to the Legislation of the Republic of Armenia on Expropriation of Property for Overriding Public Interests
Requested by: Armenia, Minister of Justice
1229/2025
Kyrgyzstan - Opinion on the draft amendments to the Law on Protection and Defence from Domestic Violence and to the Code of Offences Enhancing the Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence through the Introduction of Electronic Monitoring of the Offenders
Requested by: Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Justice Recommended Measures: The Venice Commission makes the following recommendations (in summary): (a) Amending the draft legislation in order to enhance the quality of the law and the foreseeability of its application, including as concerns in particular...
1228/2025
Kyrgyzstan - Opinion on the draft amendments to the Code of Offences on the compulsory transfer of offenders in a state of intoxication for emergency drug treatment
Requested by: Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Justice Recommended Measures: 41. The Venice Commission notes that the compulsory hospitalisation of persons with mental/behavioural disorders in a psychiatric or drug treatment facility is already regulated in the Kyrgyz legislation, which, however, is not...
1227/2024
Georgia - Opinion on the amendments to the Organic Law "Election Code of Georgia", pertaining to local elections
Requested by: Council of Europe, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, President Recommended Measures: The Venice Commission makes the following key recommendations: A. Repealing the amendments adopted in December 2024. [paragraph 33] B. Regulating constituency delimitation tightly at...
1226/2024
Georgia - Urgent Opinion on amendments to the Code of administrative offences and the Law on assemblies and demonstrations
Requested by: Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, President
1225/2024
Kosovo - Opinion on the Law on the Judicial Council and the draft law amending and supplementing it
Requested by: Kosovo, Minister of Justice Measures recommended: - The six members of the KJC appointed by the Assembly should be genuinely lay members. Pending a reform of the Constitution on this point, the law should provide that at least three lay members should be chosen from the ‘users’ of...
1224/2024
Peru - Opinion on the draft amendment of Article 99 of the Constitution concerning the impeachment of members of election management bodies
Requested by: Peru, National Electoral Board
1223/2024
North Macedonia – Joint Amicus curiae brief of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Democracy and Human dignity (DGII) for the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia on international and European standards on the use of minority languages in public life and in the judiciary
Requested by: North Macedonia, Constitutional Court, President
1222/2024
Kosovo - Opinion on the draft amendments to the Law on the Academy of Justice
Requested by: Kosovo, Minister of Justice
1221/2024
Kosovo - Follow-up Opinion to the previous opinions concerning amendments to the Law on the Prosecutorial Council
Requested by: Kosovo, Minister of Justice Adoption foreseen: 06/2025