Venice Commission examines the Armenian law on conducting meetings
during its 75th plenary session
Strasbourg, 11.06.2008 – The Council of Europe’s European Commission for
Democracy through Law (the "Venice Commission") will be meeting in
Venice on 13 and 14 June 2008 (Scuola Grande di San Giovanni
Evangelista).
The Commission will adopt a draft joint opinion by the Venice Commission
and OSCE/ODIHR on the amendments of 17 March 2008 to the law on
conducting meetings in Armenia.
Another important point on the agenda concerns the report on dual voting
rights for persons belonging to national minorities, an issue which was
referred to the Venice Commission by the OSCE High Commissioner on
National Minorities.
Other points submitted for adoption:
* the draft opinion on the draft amendments to the Constitution of the
Republika Srpska;
* the draft opinion on the draft Constitution of Ukraine prepared by a
group of experts headed by Mr Shapoval;
* the draft opinion on the Electoral Code of Azerbaijan;
* the draft opinion on the draft Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Service
in Moldova;
The "Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly", prepared by the
OSCE/ODIHR Panel of experts on Freedom of Assembly in consultation with
the Venice Commission, will also be endorsed.
The Commission will hold an exchange of views with Mr Christian Strohal,
Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
and Mr Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
In addition, Mr Jan Kubis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak
Republic, will inform the Commission on the Slovak Presidency of the
Committee of Ministers (November 2007 – May 2008).
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Israel and Tunisia recently became full members of the Venice
Commission, while the Palestinian National Authority has now a special
co-operation status.
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All the adopted texts are public and will be available on the
Commission’s website:
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