At its 148th plenary session (held on 9-10 October 2026), the Venice Commission adopted among others:

Montenegro

A Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity (DGII) of the Council of Europe on the draft amendments to the Law on Minority Rights and Freedoms.

Serbia

Urgent Follow-up Opinion to previous Opinions 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.