Future cooperation with Montenegro, participation of women in elections,
Venice Commission meets in plenary
Strasbourg, 09.06.2006 – Future cooperation with Montenegro, restitution
of property to the victims of Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and the
participation of women in elections are on the agenda of the Council of
Europe Venice Commission’s 67th plenary session (9-10 June, Scuola
Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice).
The Speaker of the Montenegrin Parliament Ranko Krivokapich will attend
the plenary and will inform the Commission on possible future
cooperation on the new Constitution for Montenegro following the
referendum on independence.
The Commission will hold an exchange of views with the Georgian
authorities on the draft law on compensation and restitution of property
of victims of the conflict in the former autonomous region of South
Ossetia. It is due to adopt an opinion on the latest version of the
draft law.
The draft legislation on churches and religious communities in Serbia
will also be discussed during the session.
Following the November 2005 revision of the Armenian Constitution,
introducing individual complaints with the constitutional court, the
Commission is due to adopt an opinion on the amendments to the law on
the Constitutional Court. The Commission will also discuss and adopt an
opinion on possible constitutional and legislative improvements to
ensure uninterrupted functioning of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
The lack of nominations produced an incomplete composition of this
Court, preventing it from sitting.
A study on remedies for excessive length of proceedings before national
courts is also on the agenda. The study is part of discussions on
principles of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and
takes into account relevant work by the Council of Europe’s European
Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).
The Commission will also adopt:
– Guidelines on referenda, defining European standard on the matter;
– A declaration on women’s participation in elections, stressing on the
equality principle;
– A report on electoral law and administration in Europe, aiming at
identifying weaknesses and new challenges;
– joint Venice Commission-OSCE/ODHIR opinions on the electoral
legislation of Armenia and Georgia.
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body on the constitutional issues. All adopted opinions of the
Commission become public after the session and will available on the
website of the Commission: .
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