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Kosovo*: Venice Commission recommends greater transparency on draft law on Government

The Venice Commission, under the Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism (ECM), as a part of the European Union and Council of Europe joint Horizontal Facility II programme, provided an expert opinion on the draft Law on Government.  The Venice Commission recommends that the draft law should be made more compatible with international standards on democratic law-making underlying that states need to acknowledge the supremacy of the constitution when it prescribes limit on the number of government ministers permitted.

Requested by Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti in late October this year, the opinion "fully acknowledges" the aim of the draft Law to limit the number of ministries to both streamline the government and make it more cost effective and to prevent corruption risks. Nevertheless, the Venice Commission recommends that a sufficiently detailed “Explanatory Memorandum” be published alongside all future draft laws so as to satisfy law-making transparency requirements and to facilitate meaningful public and civil society engagement in the legislative process.

The opinion was prepared under the Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism in the framework of the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.

The Expertise Co-ordination Mechanism provides expertise within the Council of Europe system to respond to requests for legislative expertise and policy advice on ensuring justice, fighting economic crime and combating discrimination, as well as freedom of expression and the media, and constitutional issues falling within the mandate of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (known as the Venice Commission). This is done in full respect of the independence and functioning specificities of the Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms and provides a key support to accession processes to the EU.

 

 

* 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

 

Albania 12 December 2020
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Šta je Mehanizam za koordinaciju ekspertiza?

Mehanizam za koordinaciju ekspertiza služi za pružanje zakonodavne ekspertize i savjetodavnih mišljenja u okviru sistema Savjeta Evrope, o javnim politikama u oblastima osnaživanja pravde, suzbijanja privrednog kriminala, borbe protiv diskriminacije i promovisanja i zaštite slobode izražavanja i slobode medija, te ustavnim pitanjima koja spadaju u mandat Evropske komisije za demokratiju putem zakona (poznate kao Venecijanska komisija). Ovakva ekspertiza se pruža uz potpuno uvažavanje nezavisnosti i funkcionalnih specifičnosti mehanizama praćenja Savjeta Evrope i pruža ključnu podršku procesima pridruživanja EU.

Ukoliko se neki od projekata u okviru programa Horizontal Facility bavi temom pod kojom postoji potreba za ekspertizom, zahtjev za ekspertsko mišljenje se može obezbijediti direktno kroz projekat.

 

Ko može da podnese zahtjev za dobijanje stručnog mišljenja u sklopu Mehanizma za koordinaciju ekspertiza?

Ministri/ministarke (i drugi članovi/članice vlade), predsjednik/predsjednica parlamenta, šefovi ili šefice parlamentarnih komiteta, institucije ombudsmana ili nezavisne državne institucije Albanije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Kosova*, Crne Gore, Sjeverne Makedonije, Srbije i Turske, mogu da podnesu zahtjev za stručno mišljenje u sklopu Mehanizma za koordinaciju ekspertiza.

Osim toga, kada je riječ o pitanjima koja spadaju u oblast nadležnosti Venecijanske komisije, zahtjev za pružanje pomoći u okviru Mehanizma takođe mogu da podnesu i Evropska unija, kao i organi Savjeta Evrope (npr. generalni sekretar, Komitet ministara, Parlamentarna skupština i Kongres lokalnih i regionalnih vlasti).

Pored toga, ustavni sudovi korisnica programa mogu podnijeti zahtjeve za izdavanje amicus curiae uputstava Venecijanske komisije.

*Ovaj naziv je bez prejudiciranja statusa, i u skladu je sa Rezolucijom Savjeta bezbjednosti Ujedinjenih nacija 1244 i mišljenjem Međunarodnog suda pravde o Deklaraciji o nezavisnosti Kosova.