The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, will celebrate its 100th Plenary Session at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation (Sala delle Conferenze Internazionali) in Rome on 10 and 11 October.
The programme will be opened by the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, by the Vice-Minister of Justice Enrico Costa and by the President of the Venice Commission, Gianni Buquicchio together with Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe), Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni (Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General), Christopher Chope (on behalf of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly), Herwig van Staa (President of the Congress of Local and Regional authorities) and Dean Spielmann (President of the European Court of Human Rights).
Amongst the other personalities addressing the opening session: Ranko Krivokapic (President Emeritus of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly), Margarita Popova (Vice-President of Bulgaria) and Michael Georg Link (Director of OSCE/ODIHR). (more...)