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Venice Commission provides legal opinions for the authorities in Montenegro and North Macedonia

The Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism (ECM), a system established under the joint European Union and Council of Europe Horizontal Facility III programme, continues to provide important legislative expertise and policy advice for the beneficiaries in the Western Balkans.

At its 143rd Plenary Session, held online on 13-14 June 2025, the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission) adopted the following opinions under the ECM:

  •  Montenegro - Opinion on some questions relating to the procedure of early termination of the mandate of Constitutional Court judges due to age limits (CDL-AD(2025)029);
  • Montenegro - Follow-up Opinion to the Opinion on the draft law on the Government (CDL-AD(2025)030);
  • North Macedonia – Opinion on the draft law on the Judicial Council (CDL-AD(2025)026).

The Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism (ECM) is a tool for provision of legislative expertise and policy advice by the Council of Europe in response to specific requests. It is part of the Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye, financed by European Union and Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

 

Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), migration issues, the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrates on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

Actions under theme I: Strengthening justice

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.