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Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

North Macedonia

Members and substitute members

Member, Vice-President of the Venice Commission

Renata DESKOSKA

Substitute member

Jeton SHASIVARI

Country-specific opinions

1259/2025

North Macedonia - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the draft laws on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and on the Council of Public Prosecutors

1258/2025

North Macedonia - Opinion on the draft law on adequate and fair representation

1242/2025

North Macedonia - Opinion on the draft Law on the Judicial Council

1223/2024

North Macedonia – Joint Amicus curiae brief of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Democracy and Human dignity (DGII) for the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia on international and European standards on the use of minority languages in public life and in the judiciary

1053/2021

North Macedonia - Opinion on the Draft Law on the State of Emergency

1037/2021

North Macedonia - Draft law on gender equality

0947/2019

North Macedonia - Draft law on the Judicial Council

0946/2019

North Macedonia - Opinion on the Law on the Use of Languages

0944/2018

North Macedonia - Draft law amending the Law on Courts

0927/2018

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Opinion on the Law on Courts and Law on the Judicial Council

0915/2018

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination

0905/2017

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Opinion on the draft law on the on the Termination on the Council for the Establishment of Facts and Initiations of Proceedings for Determination of Accountability for Judges, on the draft law amending the Law on the Judicial Council, and on the draft law amending the Law on Witness Protection

0851/2016

« The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Amended electoral code

0829/2015

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Opinion on the Law on the Protection of Privacy and on the Law on the Protection of whistleblowers

0825/2015

Legislation on the Disciplining and Dismissal of Judges and their Professional Evaluation of "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0779/2014

Opinion on draft amendments to the Constitution concerning, in particular, the Judicial Council, the competence of the Constitutional Court, the State Audit Office, of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0700/2012

Joint Opinion on the electoral code of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”,

0694/2012

Amicus Curiae Brief on the Law on determining a criterion for limiting the exercise of public office, access to documents and publishing, the co-operation with the bodies of the state security (“Lustration Law”)

0640/2011

Joint opinion on the revised electoral code of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0609/2010

Reform of the electoral code

0598/2010

Amicus Curiae Brief for the Constitutional Court of “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” on Amendments to several laws relating to the system of salaries and remunerations of elected and appointed officials

0509/2008

Joint opinion on the Electoral Code of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0508/2008

Opinion of the Rules of Procedures of the Assembly of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0506/2008

Opinion on the issue of the Re-appointment of the members of the State Election Commission of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0486/2008

Opinion on the Draft Law on protection against discrimination of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0465/2008

Electoral Code Reform of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0424/2007

Opinion on the Draft Law on the Legal Status of a Church, a Religious Community and a Religious Group of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0421/2007

Opinion on the Draft Law on the Public Prosecutors Office and the Draft Law on the Council of Public Prosecutors of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0413/2006

Joint Opinion on the draft working text amending the Election Code of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0356/2005

Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of ”the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0355/2005

Opinion on Draft Constitutional Amendments concerning the Reform of the Judicial System in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0236/2003

Opinion on the Draft Law on the Public Attorney of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

0205/2002

0198/2002

Opinion on the Draft Proposal for Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

0170/2001

Constitutional Revision

0064/1998

0062/1998

Draft law on Referendum and Citizen initiative

0043/1997

Referendum Bill

News

01-02 Sep

2025

North Macedonia - Forthcoming opinion – Country visit

Skopje, North Macedonia

06 Aug

2025

North Macedonia – Request for an Opinion

North Macedonia

22 Jul

2025

North Macedonia - Request for an Opinion

North Macedonia

23 May

2025

North Macedonia - Forthcoming Opinion - Online meetings

North Macedonia and online

07 May

2025

Republic of North Macedonia – Request for a Follow-up Opinion

North Macedonia

20 Dec

2024

NORTH MACEDONIA - Request for an amicus curiae

Strasbourg

05 Nov

2024

North Macedonia – post-electoral workshop

Skopje

24 Apr

2024

NORTH MACEDONIA – Presidential and parliamentary elections – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Skopje

15 Sep

2021

NORTH MACEDONIA – forthcoming opinion – virtual country visit

09 Aug

2021

NORTH MACEDONIA - Request for opinion

26 Mar

2021

Republic of North Macedonia – Request for opinion

05-06 Sep

2019

NORTH MACEDONIA - Forthcoming opinion - country visit

05 May

2019

NORTH MACEDONIA – Legal assistance to PACE election observation mission - presidential election (2nd round)

19-22 Apr

2019

NORTH MACEDONIA – Legal assistance to PACE election observation mission - presidential election (1st round) 21 April 2019

23 Jan

2019

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – Request for opinion

28 Nov

2018

Request for opinion – “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

29-01 Sep-Oct

2018

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” - Consultative referendum related to the bilateral agreement with Greece

06 Jun

2018

Request for opinion - “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – two laws on the judiciary

30-31 May

2018

Democratic institutions - Ombudsman

29-30 Jan

2018

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" – forthcoming opinion – visit to the country

08 Jan

2018

Request for opinion – “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

27 Nov

2017

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Long-term legal assistance to the State Election Commission - 28/08 - 24/11/2017

30-01 May-Jun

2017

Electoral disputes resolution - Workshop

15 Mar-Jun

2017

Long-term assistance to the State Election Commission in Skopje

23-26 Jan

2017

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Technical assistance to the State Election Commission

09-12 Dec

2016

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Early parliamentary elections - Legal assistance to the observation mission of the PACE

21-22 Sep

2016

« The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – forthcoming opinion – country visit

25 May

2016

Request for opinion - “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

08-09 Feb

2016

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – forthcoming opinion - a visit of the delegation of the Venice Commission

01 Dec

2015

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – request for opinion

12-13 Nov

2015

The “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – consultations concerning the judiciary

02 Oct

2015

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – request for opinion

19 Sep

2014

"The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" – Constitutional Justice

08-10 Sep

2014

“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” – forthcoming opinion on constitutional amendments - visit to the country

05 Aug

2014

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” - request for opinion

25-28 Apr

2014

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Electoral observation - Legal assistance to the observation mission of the PACE

11-14 Apr

2014

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Electoral observation - Legal assistance to the observation mission of the PACE

30-31 Oct

2013

"the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Electoral conference

15-16 May

2013

The former yugoslav Republic of Macedonia- Meetings on the electoral reform

01-02 Oct

2010

International conference on the principle of subsidiarity - "Strengthening subsidiarity: integrating the Court's case-law into national and judicial practice"

13-14 Sep

2010

Media, Beliefs and Religions - international conference

17-18 Mar

2010

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - electoral reform

26-29 Mar

2009

"the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Seminar of the Skopje School of Politics

19-23 Mar

2009

"the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Legal Advice to the Parliamentary Assembly

02-03 Mar

2009

"the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Training Workshop for trainers

03 Feb

2009

Follow up Seminar on Interaction of Central and Local Governments and other Stakeholders in Combating Proxy and Family Voting

16-17 Dec

2008

"the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Electoral Seminar with the State Election Commission

24-26 Nov

2008

Meetings with the Minister of Employment and Social Policy, with the Minister of Justice and other authorities on the draft law prohibiting discrimination

21 Nov

2008

Request for opinion - "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Election Code

30-02 May-Jun

2008

"The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Legal Advice to the Parliamentary Assembly

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