Venice Commission Holding Plenary Session 6 December

CoE/Venice Commission

During its final plenary session of 2024, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission is set to examine with a view to adoption in particular:

Five draft opinions concerning :

  • Albania on the implementation of Constitutional Court decisions by Parliament;
  • Haiti on possible legislative solutions to conduct future electoral processes;
  • Poland on the draft constitutional amendments concerning the Constitutional Tribunal and two draft laws on the Constitutional Tribunal;
  • Serbia on the Judicial Academy and draft amendments to the Law on Judges and the Law on the Public Prosecutor's Office; and
  • Türkiye on the composition of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors and the procedure for the election of its members.

Two draft amicus curiae briefs for the European Court of Human Rights: in the case of Staderini and Others v. Italy, on the stability of electoral legislation and some features of a mixed electoral system, and in the case of Shevchuk v. Ukraine on the dismissal of the applicant from the posts of Judge and President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine because of disciplinary proceedings.

The Commission will also consider, among others, a draft report on a rule of law and human rights compliant regulation of spyware.

The plenary session is closed to the public.

These opinions and texts will be published on the Venice Commission website early next week.


Annotated agenda

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