Venice Commission to submit report on parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

The 35th meeting of the Council for Democratic Elections on Thursday will be informed of the action plan over the parliamentary elections held in Azerbaijan on Nov.7, the Commission reported.

The Venice Commission will also provide an opinion to the Council for Democratic Elections on the status of efforts aimed to change the electoral code of Armenia and the preparation of parliamentary elections in Moldova, which passed in November, as well as the results.

The meeting also will exchange views on future cooperation of the Council for Democratic Elections with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters. The commission has played a leading role in the adoption of constitutions that conform to the standards of Europe's constitutional heritage.

Since 2002 the role of the Commission in electoral matters has been reaffirmed through the creation of the Council for Democratic Elections. The Council for Democratic elections is charge of the analysis of draft opinions and studies of the Venice Commission in the electoral field before their submission to the plenary session.

The aim of the Council for Democratic Elections is to ensure co-operation in the electoral field between the Venice Commission as a legal body and the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe as political bodies in charge of election observation, in order to promote the European common values in this field - the principles of the European electoral heritage.

The 85th plenary session of the Venice Commission will be held on Friday and Saturday.


/Trend/