Member states of the Venice Commission

Starting with 18 member states, soon all member states of the Council of Europe joined the Venice Commission and since 2002 non-European states can also become full members. As of 13 June 2014, the Commission has 60 member states.[1]

Member

Associate member

Observer

Special status or cooperation

List

18 founders 1990-05-10 [2]
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Norway
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
the 29 other member states of the Council of Europe
Kyrgyzstan 2004
Chile 2005
Republic of Korea 2006
Morocco 2007
Algeria 2007
Israel 2008
Brazil 2009
Peru 2009
Tunisia 2010
Mexico 2010
Kazakhstan 2012
United States
Kosovo 2014[1] [lower-alpha 1]

Associate members

Belarus is as associate member [3]

Observers

Special status

The special co-operation status similar to that of the observers.[4] The EU Committee of the Regions, OSCE/ODIHR and IACL/AIDC (The International Association of Constitutional Law | Association internationale de droit constitutionnel) participate in the plenary sessions of the Commission.

References

"Kosovo becomes 60th member of Venice Commission of Council of Europe". Voice of Russia. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTableauAP.asp?AP=9&CM=&DF=07/09/2010&CL=ENG
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Members of the Venice Commission Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

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[60_members-1] "Kosovo becomes 60th member of Venice Commission of Council of Europe". Voice of Russia. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[2] ttp://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTableauAP.asp?AP=9&CM=&DF=07/09/2010&CL=ENG

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Members of the Venice Commission Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

[status-3] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.