Strasbourg, 26 February/février 2013 CDL(2013)001* 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 2012 PROJET DE RAPPORT ANNUEL D’ACTIVITES 2012 *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(2013)001 - 2 - TABLE DES MATIERES/TABLE OF CONTENTS I. WORKING FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW - AN OVERVIEW OF VENICE COMMISSION ACTIVITIES IN 2012 ..................................................................................... 5 1. THE VENICE COMMISSION: AN INTRODUCTION ................................................................5 2. THE COMMISSION IN 2012 .............................................................................................9 Member States .............................................................................................................. 9 Main activities ................................................................................................................ 9 II. DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ..................................................................................................................13 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES / ACTIVITES PAR PAYS ................................................... 13 AZERBAIJAN ................................................................................................................... 13 BELGIQUE ....................................................................................................................... 14 BELARUS ........................................................................................................................ 14 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ......................................................................................... 15 HUNGARY ....................................................................................................................... 16 LUXEMBOURG ................................................................................................................ 18 MONTENEGRO ............................................................................................................... 19 ROMANIA ........................................................................................................................ 20 RUSSIAN FEDERATION .................................................................................................. 21 “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” ............................................. 22 UKRAINE ......................................................................................................................... 23 2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES/ACTIVITES TRANSNATIONALES ........................................... 23 UniDem Conferences ...................................................................................................23 Study on the role of the extra-institutional actors in the democratic system ..................24 Revised version of joint OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Guidelines on Freedom of Religion or Belief ..........................................................................................................25 Thematic Compilations of Venice Commission Opinions ......................................................25 III. CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE, ORDINARY JUSTICE AND OMBUDSMAN ..............25 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES/ACTIVITES PAR PAYS .................................................... 25 ALBANIA .......................................................................................................................... 25 ANGOLA .......................................................................................................................... 26 ARMENIA ......................................................................................................................... 26 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ......................................................................................... 26 HUNGARY ....................................................................................................................... 27 JORDAN .......................................................................................................................... 30 KOREA (REPUBLIC) ........................................................................................................ 30 KYRGYZSTAN ................................................................................................................. 31 LITHUANIA....................................................................................................................... 31 MONTENEGRO ............................................................................................................... 31 MOROCCO ...................................................................................................................... 31 ROMANIA ........................................................................................................................ 32 SOUTH AFRICA ............................................................................................................... 32 TUNISIA ........................................................................................................................... 32 “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” ............................................. 32 TURKEY ........................................................................................................................... 33 UKRAINE ......................................................................................................................... 33 2. TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES/ACTIVITES TRANSNATIONALES ........................................... 33 3. REGIONAL CO-OPERATION/COOPERATION RÉGIONALE ................................................. 34 4. WORLD CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE ................................................... 36 5. PUBLICATION OF THE BULLETIN ON CONSTITUTIONAL CASE-LAW AND THE CODICES DATABASE .......................................................................................................................... 36 6. VENICE FORUM .......................................................................................................... 37 IV. ELECTIONS, REFERENDUMS ET PARTIS POLITIQUES .......................................37 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES/ACTIVITES PAR PAYS .................................................... 38 ALBANIE .......................................................................................................................... 38 - 3 - CDL(2013)001 ARMENIE ......................................................................................................................... 38 Assistance juridique à une mission d’observation électorale .........................................38 BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE ................................................................................................. 38 GEORGIA ........................................................................................................................ 38 HONGRIE ........................................................................................................................ 39 KAZAKHSTAN ................................................................................................................. 40 Assistance juridique à une mission d’observation électorale et avis informels ..............40 MEXIQUE ......................................................................................................................... 40 MONTENEGRO ............................................................................................................... 40 OUZBEKISTAN ................................................................................................................ 40 FEDERATION DE RUSSIE ............................................................................................... 40 Assistance juridique à une mission d’observation électorale .........................................42 SERBIE ............................................................................................................................ 42 Assistance juridique à une mission d’observation électorale .........................................42 « L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE »............................................... 42 TUNISIE ........................................................................................................................... 43 UKRAINE ......................................................................................................................... 43 TABLE RONDE SUR LA LOI SUR LES ELECTIONS PARLEMENTAIRES DE 2012 ............................. 43 Assistance juridique à une mission d’observation