The Council of Europe's Venice Commission holds its third plenary session of the year in Venice on 11 and 12 October. Agenda highlights include two rule of law opinions on Poland concerning draft amendments to the Law on the Public Prosecutor's Office and European standards regulating the status of judges, both of which had been requested by the Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar, who participates in the plenary session on Saturday.
The Venice Commission also expects to adopt three opinions on Armenia that focus on draft amendments to the Judicial Code of Armenia (regarding judicial evaluations), draft amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code concerning the collection of evidence without consent in criminal investigations, as well as draft laws amending and supplementing the Law on Mass Media and the Civil Code.
The agenda also includes two opinions on Kyrgyzstan focusing on Law No 72 amending the Law on non-profit organisations, and on the draft amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code concerning bail and videoconferencing in criminal proceedings.
The plenary sessions are closed to the public, but all adopted opinions and other reports will be published early next week on the Venice Commission website. See the agenda for more details.
