Venice Commission

Tag: Venice Commission

Venice Commission stresses importance of ECHR judgment execution

The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts in the field of constitutional law, has reminded several countries including Russia of the importance of executing judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

14:24 12.10.2017

Russian law on NGOs, Constitutional Court law need to be amended - Venice Commission

The Venice Commission made public its opinion on the Russian law on undesirable activities of foreign and international non-governmental organizations and the Russian law on the Constitutional Court empowering it to declare decisions of international courts “unenforceable”.

10:42 13.06.2016

Venice Commission to call on Ukraine in February over 'lustration' law

The representatives of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission will visit Ukraine in February, to hold additional consultations over the recently adopted 'lustration' law, for prosecuting corrupt officials from the Yanukovich administration.

09:39 19.01.2015

European rights body finds shortcomings in Ukrainian 'lustration' law

The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, announced on Friday that it had found serious shortcomings in Ukraine’s law on government cleansing, the so-called lustration law.

16:12 12.12.2014

Russia questions legitimacy of Ukraine parliament before Venice Commission

Russia has filed an inquiry with the Venice Commission seeking answers on the legitimacy of decisions made by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament), Speaker for the Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday.

14:51 05.03.2014

Venice Commission lambasts Russian protest law

The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) views a set of controversial amendments enacted on the heels of a series of opposition uprisings last year as “a step backward for the protection of freedom of assembly in the Russian Federation”.

17:44 11.03.2013

Venice Commission to release opinion on Russia’s beefed up rally law

The Venice Commission is expected to release its opinion Friday or Saturday on a series of controversial amendments made to Russia’s law on public protests last summer.

19:34 04.03.2013

Venice Commission slams FSB law

The Russian law on the Federal Security Service (FSB) has raised concerns at the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional affairs, better known as the Venice Commission.

10:25 25.06.2012