Two issues on Armenia on the agenda of the Venice Commission

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12.03.2009 11:52

The plenary session of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission will
take place on 13 and 14 March 2009 in Venice.

Among other issues, the Commission will examine with a view to
adoption, the draft opinion on the draft amendments to the Criminal
Code of Armenia (adopted in the first reading on 26 February 2009)
drawn up on the basis of comments by Messrs Hamilton and Neppi Modona.

The Commission will also examine with a view to adoption the draft
opinion on the Draft law on freedom to receive information in Armenia
and on the draft law on making Amendments to the Code of Administrative
Violations drawn up on the basis of comments by Mr Gumi and Ms Helena
Jäderblom.

The agenda includes also the issues of the constitutional referendum in
Azerbaijan, which inter alia would enable the President to be reelected
more than once, the Georgian law on occupied territories (Abkhazia and
South Ossetia), the constitutional and legal provisions relevant for
the prohibition of political parties in Turkey

The Commission will adopt reports on an internationally recognized
status of election observers and European standards as regards the
independence of the judicial system.

The EU Special Representative for the Southern Caucasus, Peter Semneby,
Director of Multilateral Relations and Human Rights of the European
Commission, Veronique Arnault, and the Director of the OSCE Office of
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Janez Lenarcic, will address
the Commission.

The Venice Commission is an advisory body of the Council of Europe
specialised in constitutional matters. Comprised of independent eminent
lawyers, it counts 55 member states.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress