Venice Commission

The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters. Established in 1990, the commission has played a leading role in the adoption of constitutions that conform to the standards of Europe's constitutional heritage.

Initially conceived as a tool for emergency constitutional engineering, the commission has become an internationally recognised independent legal think-tank. Today it contributes to the dissemination of the European constitutional heritage, based on the continent's fundamental legal values while continuing to provide “constitutional first-aid” to individual states. The Venice Commission also plays a unique and unrivalled role in crisis management and conflict prevention through constitution building and advice.

The Commission meets in plenary four times a year - in March, June, October and December - in Venice, in Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista.

News:

Kyiv - Electoral issues – 26/03/2012-27/03/2012

Assistance to the Central Electoral Commissions – 3d Eastern Partnership Facility meeting

Kyiv - The Venice Commission co-organises with the Central Election Commission of Ukraine the third Eastern Partnership Facility meeting, financed by the European Commission. The meeting is devoted to the voters' lists and registers management.

Chisinau - The Venice Commission co-organises with the Central Election Commission of Moldova the second Eastern Partnership Facility meeting, financed by the European Commission. The meeting is devoted to the voters' lists management and the electoral disputes' resolution.

Programme

8th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies - 12/05/2011 - 13/05/2011

Vienna - The Venice Commission and the Federal Ministry of the Interior of Austria co-organise the 8th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies on the subject “Elections in a Changing World”. The conference brings together representatives of the national authorities responsible for elections and international organisations.

The main focus of the meeting was on the role of the media, notably social media, in the electoral process.

Programme

List of participants

Synopsis

Link to the Venice Commission Web Site:

http://www.venice.coe.int/site/main/presentation_E.asp?MenuL=E