MP Kostis Efstathiou will travel to Venice tomorrow to participate, representing the Legal and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in the 131st session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), on 17 and 18 June 2022.
Among the topics to be discussed will be the cooperation between the Venice Commission and the CSCE in the examination of legislation concerning the amendment of the electoral law and the adoption of legislation on the proper functioning of the press and mass media. Legislation relating to the functioning of the judiciary in some of the Organisation's Member States facing problems in this area will also be examined.
Furthermore, the Venice Commission's updated Opinions on the progress made by Member States on the compatibility of recent constitutional and other fundamental reforms with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights will be discussed.
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