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Strasbourg, 1 March / 1er mars 2017 CDL(2017)003* Or. Engl./Fr. EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION) COMMISSION EUROPEENNE POUR LA DEMOCRATIE PAR LE DROIT (COMMISSION DE VENISE) DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2016 PROJET DE RAPPORT ANNUEL D’ACTIVITES 2016 *This document has been classified restricted on the date of issue. Unless the Venice Commission decides otherwise, it will be declassified a year after its issue according to the rules set up in Resolution CM/Res(2001)6 on access to Council of Europe documents. *Ce document a été classé en diffusion restreinte le jour de la diffusion. Sauf si la Commission de Venise en décide autrement, il sera déclassifié un an après sa publication en application des règles établies dans la Résolution CM/Res(2001)6 sur l'accès aux documents du Conseil de l'Europe. This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. Ce document ne sera pas distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire. www.venice.coe.int CDL(2017)003 - 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIERES I. WORKING FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW - AN OVERVIEW OF VENICE COMMISSION ACTIVITIES IN 2016 ............................................................................................................................... 2 1. MEMBER STATES ............................................................................................................................... 4 Accession of a new member State ................................................................................................. 4 Voluntary contributions ................................................................................................................... 4 2. MAIN ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 4 Key figures ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Scientific Council ............................................................................................................................ 4 Democratic institutions and fundamental rights .............................................................................. 5 Constitutional justice ....................................................................................................................... 8 Elections, référendums et partis politiques ..................................................................................... 9 Sharing European Experience with non-European countries ....................................................... 10 II. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, STATE INSTITUTIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE JUDICIARY ........................................................................................................................................... 13 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................... 13 Constitutional reforms, state institutions, check and balances ..................................................... 13 Fundamental rights ....................................................................................................................... 18 Judiciary ....................................................................................................................................... 23 2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................. 24 Reports and studies ...................................................................................................................... 24 2 Other conferences and meetings.................................................................................................. 25 III. CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE ...................................................................................................... 27 1. OPINIONS AND CONFERENCES / MEETINGS ................................................................................... 27 2. JOINT COUNCIL ON CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE .............................................................................. 34 3. BULLETIN ON CONSTITUTIONAL CASE-LAW AND THE CODICES DATABASE ................................... 35 4. VENICE FORUM ........................................................................................................................... 35 5. REGIONAL CO-OPERATION ........................................................................................................... 36 6. WORLD CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE (WCCJ) ...................................................... 38 38IV. ELECTIONS, REFERENDUMS AND POLITICAL PARTIES / ELECTIONS, REFERENDUMS ET PARTIS POLITIQUES ..................................................................................................................... 40 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................... 40 2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 50 Studies and reports ....................................................................................................................... 50 Conferences co-organised by the Commission ............................................................................ 52 3. VOTA, THE COMMISSION’S ELECTORAL DATABASE ............................................................................ 53 4. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ....................................................................................................... 53 5. OTHER CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS .............................................................................................. 53 - 3 - CDL(2017)003 V. CO-OPERATION IN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND OUTSIDE EUROPE................................................................................................................................................ 56 1. MEDITERRANEAN BASIN .............................................................................................................. 56 Country-specific activities ............................................................................................................. 56 Activités régionales - Séminaires UNIDEM .................................................................................. 58 2. LATIN AMERICA ........................................................................................................................... 58 3. CENTRAL ASIA ............................................................................................................................ 59 Country-specific activities ............................................................................................................. 59 Transnational activities ................................................................................................................. 62 4. OTHER CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS / AUTRES CONFERENCES ET REUNIONS ............................... 62 VI. CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND ORGANS AND BODIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 64 1. COUNCIL OF EUROPE .................................................................................................................. 64 Committee of Ministers ................................................................................................................. 64 Parliamentary Assembly ............................................................................................................... 64 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ................................................................................ 66 European Court of Human Rights................................................................................................. 66 Commissioner for Human Rights .................................................................................................. 69 Other Council of Europe institutions ............................................................................................. 70 2. EUROPEAN UNION/ UNION EUROPÉENNE ...................................................................................... 71 European Parliament .................................................................................................................... 71 Co-operation with other EU institutions ........................................................................................ 72 Joint European Union – Council of Europe projects ..................................................................... 73 3. OSCE........................................................................................................................................ 74 Human Dimension events ............................................................................................................. 74 OSCE/ODIHR ............................................................................................................................... 74 4. UNITED NATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 76 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ..................................................................................