Recent and Current Events
142nd plenary session of the Venice Commission
14/03/2025 - 15/03/2025
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
82nd meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections
13/03/2025
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
03/03/2025
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 the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr Theodoros Rousopoulos.
The Urgent Opinion will be submitted for endorsement to the 142nd plenary session of the Commission (Venice, 14-15 March 2025).
03/03/2025
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 participated in a hearing on the follow-up to PACE Resolution 2513(2023) on “Pegasus and similar spyware and secret State surveillance” and presented the findings and recommendations of the Report on a rule of law and human rights compliant regulation of spyware, adopted by the Venice Commission at... read more
27/02/2025 - 27/02/2025
Lisbon, 27/02/2025 – 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 anniversary.
During his presentation on “The work of the Venice Commission on digital technologies and AI during electoral processes”, Mr Darmanović gave a brief overview of the Commission’s work relating to the use of digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence i... read more
24/02/2025 - 25/02/2025
On 24 and 25 February 2025, a delegation of the Venice Commission held a series of online meetings in preparation for the Opinion on the Draft law on making supplements and amendments to the “Law on expropriation of property for ensuring overriding public interests” along with supplementary legislation. This opinion was requested by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
The delegation engaged in discussions with representatives of the Ministry of Justice; the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure; the Yerevan Mayor’s Office; the Urban Development C... read more
18/02/2025
Brussels/online - On 18 February 2025, Ms Simona Granata-Menghini, Secretary of the Venice Commission, participated online in the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights’ exchange of views on the rule of law in the enlargement process. The Secretary presented the Venice Commission’s work, in particular its Rule of Law Checklist and the opinions prepared for the four enlargement countries covered by the European Commission's 2024 Rule of Law report (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia).
18/02/2025 - 19/02/2025
On 18-19 February 2025, a delegation of the Venice Commission held a series of online meetings in preparation for the draft 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. This opinion was requested by the Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The delegation exchanged views with the representatives of the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Health, the Office of the Ombudsman (Akyikatchy), the Bar Association, and with civil society.
The draf... read more
12/03/2025
On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, the Venice Commission, in co-operation with the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), will organise the international conference entitled “Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons: The Venice Commission’s Experience in Elaborating Transnationally Valid Constitutional Standards”, which will take place in Venice, Palazzo Ferro Fini, on 12 March 2025.
The conference will bring together international and constitutional law experts, members of the Venice Commission, representatives of the Council of Europe, and experts of the Inter... read more