The European Commission for Democracy through Law, known as the Venice Commission, is a Council of Europe body that was established in 1990. Originally set up to assist Eastern European countries in the re-engineering of their constitutions, it now monitors and provides assistance to countries all around the world and has more than 60 member states. The website outlines the Commission's activities, which include providing advice and training to individual states on constitutional matters, elections and referendums and constitutional justice. A large collection of documents is available, including opinions, studies and seminar papers; these are organised by country or subject, such as administration, constitutional justice, democratic institutions, emergency, powers, federalism and regionalism, minorities, parliamentary immunity and UNIDEM. There are two databases on the site: the VOTA database of electoral legislation and the CODICES database of case law from the constitutional courts in Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union. The website also includes handbooks and guides on electoral law, electoral procedure and administration. Parts of the interface are available in English, French, German, Italian and Russian, but most of the site content is in English.
European Commission for Democracy through Law
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Venice Commission
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