Member states of the Venice Commission

  Member

  Associate member

  Observer

  Special status or cooperation

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]

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

• Argentina
• Canada
• Holy See
• Japan
• United States
• Uruguay

Special status

• European Commission
• Palestinian National Authority
• South Africa

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

1. "Kosovo becomes 60th member of Venice Commission of Council of Europe". Voice of Russia. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
2. http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeTableauAP.asp?AP=9&CM=&DF=07/09/2010&CL=ENG
3. http://www.venice.coe.int/site/dynamics/N_Members_ef.asp?L=E&CID=5
4. Members of the Venice Commission

1. 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.