Members and substitute members

Member, President of the Venice Commission

Marta CARTABIA

Substitute member

Cesare PINELLI

News
10 Oct
2026

Bringing the Venice Commission closer to the public: University Students attend the Plenary Session for the first time

Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia
18 Jun
2026

President of the Venice Commission Speaks in a Conference at the Italian Senate on Countering Hate Speech in Public Discourse

Rome, Italy
16 Jun
2026

Regione del Veneto, Italy – Voluntary contribution

Venice, Italy
09 Jun
2026

President of the Venice Commission participates in a seminar on the Rule of Law at the Superior Council of Magistracy of Italy

Rome, Italy
04 Mar
2026

Conference: “Serenissima Republic and Modern State: Conversations about Rights and Democracy”

Venice, Italy
11 Oct
2025

Celebrating 35 years of Democracy through Law

Venice, Italy
19 Sep
2025

European Court of Human Rights – Venice Commission publishes urgent amicus curiae brief

Strasbourg, France
08 Sep
2025

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe receives the De Sanctis Prize for Human Rights

Rome, Italy
12 Mar
2025

Venice Commission – IACL Conference on “Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons: The Venice Commission’s Experience in Elaborating Transnationally Valid Constitutional Standards”

Venice, Italy
12-13 Sep
2024

ITALY - The role of the Ombudsman as a guardian of rights - international conference

Cassino, Italy
21-28 Sep
2023

ITALY: "The role of Ombudsman institutions in the world: between realities and possibilities" – International conference

Rome
09 Jun
2023

Regione del Veneto, Italy – Voluntary contribution

Venice
04-05 May
2022

European Conference of Prosecutors

Palermo, Italy
21-22 Mar
2022

International Round Table - "Shaping Judicial Councils to meet Contemporary Challenges"

Rome, Italy
18 Mar
2022

Regione Veneto

08 Feb
2022

Italy makes a voluntary contribution

13-14 Dec
2021

Conference of the Ministers of Justice - “Crime and criminal justice – the role of restorative justice in Europe”

02 Mar
2021

Obituary - Silvano Longhin, warden of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

03 Dec
2018

ITALY - draft constitutional amendment - popular legislative initiatives

20 Mar
2018

Italy makes voluntary contribution

17 Mar
2018

Statutory contribution of the Regione Veneto to the Venice Commission’s budget

27 May
2015

Italy – Trento Province – Direct and participatory democracy

05 Feb
2015

Request for an opinion – Italy – Trento Province

09 Oct
2014

4th Intercultural Workshop on Democracy - Transparency and the Rule of Law as Pre-conditions of Equitable and Sustainable Development

Rome, Italy
06 May
2014

Italy - Meeting of International Legal Organizations based in Italy

08 Apr
2014

PACE - Venice Commission's opinion on Italian defamation legislation

16 Jan
2014

Italy – International seminar on democratic oversight

21-22 Oct
2013

Italy – forthcoming opinion on the legislation on the protection against defamation

10 Jun
2010

Electoral matters - Colloquium on "The Developments of the Secondary Electoral Legislation in Europe"

17-18 Sep
2009

"Fight against terrorism: Challenges for the judiciary" - Round-table

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