Council of Europe

Statements by the Venice Commission, 
by its Bureau and by its Presidents 
 

President Ms Claire BAZY MALAURIE (since December 2021)

2024 VENEZUELA - Presidential elections - Statement by the Bureau of the Venice Commissionn - 07/08/2024   2023 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Constitutional Court – Statement by the Venice Commission - 16/06/2023   ISRAEL - Justice reform should not jeopardise meaningful judicial review by independent courts - Statement by President Bazy Malaurie - 14/02/2023

2022
 

• Aggression of the Russian Federation against UKRAINE – Statement by President Bazy Malaurie - 01/03/2022

• UKRAINE - statement by the Venice Commission - 19/03/2022

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - WCCJ - Statement by the President Emeritus, SR of the Venice Commission in support of the Constitutional Court - 03/11/2022

• MONTENEGRO – The Constitutional Court should become operational with no further delay - Statement by the President of the Venice Commission - 23/11/2022

2019

• REPUBLIC of MOLDOVA - Independence and integrity of the judiciary - 27/11/2019

• ARMENIA - Call for restraint, mutual respect and cooperation - 29/10/2019
   
• GEORGIA - Appointment of Supreme Court judges - 11/03/2019

2018

• TUNISIA - The Constitutional Court must be established without delay - 14/11/2018 
           
• ARMENIA - Holding of early elections - 19/10/2018 
   
• UKRAINE - Adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the Law on the High Anti-corruption Court - 07/06/2018  

2017 

• REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - Criticism of the Constitutional Court by the President of the Republic - 13/10/2017  
                       

• GEORGIA - Revision of the Constitution - 01/09/2017
   

• POLAND - Judicial system  - 18/07/2017
   

• POLAND – Constitutional Tribunal - 16/01/2017    

2016

• BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA – Referendum in Republika Srpska - 23/09/2016 
                         

• International Democracy Day - 15/09/2016                        
   

• KYRGYZSTAN – Draft constitutional amendments - 05/08/2016                
   

• Türkiye  - Rule of Law - 18/07/2016       

• World Conference on Constitutional Justice -100 members - 17/06/2016
   

• Undue interference in the work of Constitutional Courts in member States - 16/03/2016                                         

2015

• ARMENIA -  Constitutional amendments adopted  - 05/10/2015
   

• GEORGIA - Undue pressure on the Constitutional Court - 22/09/2015       
   

• UKRAINE - Draft amendments to the Constitution regarding decentralisation - 29/06/2015          
   

• KYRGYZSTAN – Dismissal of a Judge of the Constitutional Chamber - 25/06/2015   
   

• TÜRKIYE -  Interference with Judicial Independence - 20/06/2015