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

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.

Horizontal Facility III

The joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III) is a co-operation initiative, running from 2023 until 2026. The programme covers actions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It enables the Beneficiaries to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with European standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process.

The envelope of this facility amounts to ca. 41 million EUR (85% funded by the EU, 15% by the CoE).

Find out more about the Horizontal Facility III programme >>

*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.