Natrag Venice Commission provides legal opinions for the authorities in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia

Venice / Italy 15 June 2026
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Venice Commission provides legal opinions for the authorities in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia

At its 147th plenary session (held on 12-13 June 2026), the Venice Commission adopted among others:

  • Albania

A joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the Draft law "On the Financing of Political Parties”.

  • Montenegro

Follow-up Opinion to previous Opinions on the draft law on the Government.

  • 3 Legal Opinions were submitted for the authorities in Serbia:
  • Urgent Opinion on the 28 January 2026 Amendments to Laws Governing the Judiciary and the Prosecution
  • Follow-up Opinion to the Urgent Opinion on the 28 January 2026 to Laws Governing the Judiciary and the Prosecution
  • Follow-up Opinion to the Opinion on the Draft Law on the Judicial Academy

These opinions were prepared under the Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism (ECM), in the framework of the European Union and Council of Europe joint programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye”, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Horizontal Facility III

Zajednički program Europske unije i Vijeća Europe pod nazivom „Horizontal Facility za Zapadni Balkan i Tursku“ (Horizontal Facility III) inicijativa je za suradnju koja se provodi od 2023. do 2026. godine. Program obuhvaća aktivnosti u Albaniji, Bosni i Hercegovini, Kosovu*, Crnoj Gori, Sjevernoj Makedoniji, Srbiji i Turskoj. Programom se pomaže korisnicima da ispune svoje planove reformi u području ljudskih prava, vladavine prava i demokracije te da usklade standarde s europskim standardima, što je ujedno i prioritet za proces proširenja EU-a.

Vrijednost ovog programa je 41 milijun eura (85 % financira EU, 15 % Vijeće Europe).

* Ova oznaka ne prejudicira stavove o statusu i ista je u skladu s Rezolucijom Vijeća sigurnosti UN-a 1244 i Mišljenjem Međunarodnog suda pravde o Deklaraciji o neovisnosti Kosova.