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Venice Commission adopted opinions for Armenia and the Republic of Moldova
24 March 2020
Strasbourg, France
Following the spread of the COVID-19 virus to northern Italy, the Enlarged Bureau of the Venice Commission had decided not to hold the scheduled 20-21 March plenary session in Venice. Instead, only some opinions of those on the agenda have been adopted by written procedure. The preparation of two...
Venice Commission: no provisions of the Istanbul Convention can be considered contradictory to the Constitution of Armenia
11 October 2019
Venice, Italy
In an opinion adopted on 11 October, the Council of Europe’s constitutional law body, the Venice Commission, concluded that, while the ratification of any treaty is a sovereign act of the state, and it belongs to the Constitutional Court of Armenia to rule on the compatibility of the Council of...