Follow-up Activities
Participation of the Venice Commission in the Monitoring Committee of the PACE hearings on Serbia and Spain
Ms Regina Kiener, Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Switzerland, and Mr Cesare Pinelli, Substitute Member in respect of Italy, participated in a meeting of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) of...
Participation of the Venice Commission in a hearing organised by Committees of the Parliament of Iceland
The Venice Commission participated online on 29 April 2026 in a parliamentary hearing organised by the Foreign Affairs Committee together with the Constitutional and Supervisory Committee of the Parliament of Iceland, relating to the Urgent Opinion on the compatibility with international...
Right to Democracy - public hearing at the Inter American Court of Human Rights
Ms Marta Cartabia, President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, presented the Commission's Amicus curiae brief on whether democracy is a human right at the public hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Inter-American Court had requested this amicus curiae brief...
Kazakhstan – Visit of the President of the Venice Commission
The President of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, Ms Claire Bazy Malaurie, had meetings with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Chairpersons of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, as well as the Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan during her visit to Kazakhstan on...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the exchange of views on the situation in Georgia at the GR-DEM
Mr Eirik Holmøyvik, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Norway, participated online in the exchange of views on the situation in Georgia held by the Rapporteur Group on Democracy of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (GR-DEM) on 9 September 2025. Mr Holmøyvik presented...
Republic of Moldova – Participation of the Venice Commission in a training on examination and settlement of electoral disputes
Mr Oliver Kask, Substitute member of the Venice Commission in respect of Estonia, participated online in a training session for judges and prosecutors on “Peculiarities of examination and settlement of electoral disputes ahead of the Parliamentary election of the Republic of Moldova”, held in...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the 27th Plenary Meeting of the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
Mr Iain Cameron, member of the Venice Commission in respect of Sweden, participated online in the 27th Plenary Meeting of the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) of the Council of Europe, which took place in Strasbourg, France, on 18-20 June 2025. Mr Cameron presented the...
Participation of the Venice Commission in a webinar on “Ombudsperson institutions and the Rule of Law: Contributions from the Venice Principles”
Representatives of the Venice Commission Secretariat participated in a webinar on “Ombudsperson institutions and the Rule of Law: Contributions from the Venice Principles”, organised by the Iberoamerican Federation of Ombudsperson in cooperation with the Raonador del Ciutadà (Ombudsman of...
The President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe participated in the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
The President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, Ms Claire Bazy Malaurie, made a statement and participated in the Public seminar on “Resilience and preparedness of civil society in the face of crises”. The President also took part in the exchange of views on “The human rights...
Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic
The legal expertise provided at the request of the Kyrgyz authorities, the ways to address the Venice Commission recommendations and the improvement of the existing co-operation were discussed during the meeting of the Venice Commission Secretary, Director Simona Granata-Menghini with a Kyrgyz...
Participation of the Venice Commission in a hearing on the follow-up to PACE Resolution 2513(2023) on “Pegasus and similar spyware and secret State surveillance”
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...
Participation of the Venice Commission in a PACE hearing on “The Judicial reform process in Poland and the issues raised in this context”
Mr Martin Kuijer, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, participated in a meeting of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which took place in...
Exchange of views on recent developments in Hungary - participation of the Venice Commission in a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee
Mr Ben Vermeulen, expert and former member of the Venice Commission in respect of the Netherlands, participated online in the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, which took place in Strasbourg on 2 October 2024, during the 4th Part of the Ordinary Session of the...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the Parliamentary Assembly Monitoring Committee’s meeting
Mr Michael Frendo, Member of the Venice Commission in respect of Malta, participated online in the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, which took place in Paris on 11 September 2024. He presented the recent Venice Commission Opinion on Act LXXXVIII of 2023 of...
Policy dialogue on the draft law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Kuijer, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, participated online as a keynote speaker in the Policy dialogue on the draft law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was organised by the EU4Justice in cooperation with the Norwegian-funded Judicial...
Participation of the Venice Commission in the High-Level Dialogue III “Good democratic governance in Ukraine: achievements, challenges and the way forward in post-war period”
A member of the Venice Commission participated in the High-Level Dialogue III “Good democratic governance in Ukraine: achievements, challenges and the way forward in post-war period”. The intervention took place during the session on “Political rights and challenges to national security in a war...
Participation of Ms Veronika Bílková, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, in two hearings of the Parliamentary Assembly's committees
Ms Veronika Bílková, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, made a presentation on “Regulating foreign influence: best practices and European standards” during a joint hearing of the Monitoring Committee and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the...
President of the Venice Commission participates in the Ministerial Conference “Negotiations on the Accession of the Western Balkan Countries to the European Union”
Ms Claire Bazy Malaurie, President of the Venice Commission, took part in the Ministerial Conference “Negotiations on the Accession of the Western Balkan Countries to the European Union (Negotiation Chapter 23 – Judiciary, Fight against Corruption and Fundamental Rights) and the Remaining Steps...
Report on Bicameralism presentation
The Centre of Political and Constitutional Studies of Spain (CEPC) and the Venice Commission organised an event to present the Report on Bicameralism adopted by the Venice Commission in March 2024. The report analyses good practices on bicameralism based on information collected about the 61...
Participation of the Venice Commission’s Vice-President in the Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee’s debate on democracy in Georgia
Ms Veronika Bílková, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, participated online in the Standing Committee of Parliamentary Assembly's Current affairs debate on 'Recent challenges to democracy in Georgia", which took place in Vilnius on 24 May 2024. The Vice-President presented the recent Venice...
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