Highlights of the June 2015 session
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Highlights of the June 2015 session |
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At its 103d session held on 19-20 June 2015 in Venice, the Commission:
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Adopted opinions on :
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the non ultra petita rule in criminal
cases - the amicus curiae brief for
the Constitutional Court of Georgia;
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Adopted a declaration on interference with
judicial independence in
Turkey;
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Adopted the reports on:
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restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of association of judges,
following a request by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights;
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the method of nomination of candidates
within political parties
previously adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections on 18 June 2015;
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the preliminary report on exclusion of
offenders from Parliament, following a request for assistance by the ad hoc
committee of the parliament of Albania;
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Held
an exchange of views with:
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Mr László Trócsányi, Minister of Justice of
Hungary;
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Endorsed
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the compilations of Venice
Commission opinions and
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Was informed on follow up to:
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the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Constitutional Court of Moldova
on certain provisions of the law on professional integrity testing;
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the Joint Opinion on the draft Law on the Prosecution Service of the Republic of
Moldova;
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the Joint Opinion on the draft election code of Georgia;
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the Joint Opinion on draft amendments to the Law on the financing of political
activities of Serbia; and
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the opinion on the procedure for appointing judges to the Constitutional Court
in times of the presidential transition in the Slovak Republic;
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Was informed on:
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the request by the Armenian Ombudsman for an opinion on the draft amendments to
the Ombudsman law of
Armenia;
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the request for an opinion on the draft amendments to the law on the prosecution
service in
Georgia and authorised the rapporteurs to send their
preliminary opinion on these draft amendments to the Georgian authorities before
its adoption at the October session; a meeting of the rapporteurs with
representatives of the Georgian authorities, opposition and civil society was
held in Venice on 20 June in parallel to the session;
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the recent co-operation with the authorities of
Tunisia in the preparation of the
law on the High Council of Justice and the law on the Constitutional Court of
Tunisia;
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the adoption in first reading of the new draft law on local elections of
Ukraine, by the Speaker of Parliament of
Ukraine;
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Was informed on progress in
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the preparation of amendments to the constitution of
Armenia and authorised the
rapporteurs to send their preliminary opinion on these draft amendments to the
Armenian authorities before its adoption at the October session;
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the preparation of the Rule of Law
Checklist;
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the work on the draft opinions on the Criminal Code provisions on hate crimes of
Peru and on the anti-discrimination legislation of
Peru;
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the constitutional reform in
Georgia;
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the preparation of the opinion on Law N°5651 on the Internet and Articles 216,
301 and 314 of the Penal Code of Turkey,
at the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
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developments with respect to the Human Rights Act in
the United Kingdom, decided to
launch a reflection on the European phenomenon of political questioning of the
current human rights adjudication framework and to hold a conference on this
topic in Norway in co-operation with the Oslo Centre on Human Rights;
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Was informed on
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the launching of an Organisation of
Arabic Speaking Electoral Management Bodies;
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the Oxford University Science of
Constitutions Programme;
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the recent work of the Gender Equality
Commission;
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the results and conclusions of the meeting of the
Council for Democratic Elections
held on 18 June 2015;
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the meeting of the Joint Council on
Constitutional Justice, held in Bucharest on 11-12 June 2015;
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the preparations for the meeting of the
Conference of European Constitutional Courts to be held in Batumi, Georgia,
in 2017;
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Confirmed the dates of the next 2015
plenary sessions as follows:
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23-24 October 2015;
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Fixed the dates for the 2016 sessions
as follows:
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11-12 March 2016;
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