On June 9, Mr. G. Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court, member of the Bureau of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, participated in the session of the Bureau of the Venice Commission, where the issues of organization of the 107th plenary session of the Commission were discussed.
Bureau session was followed by Mr. G. Harutyunyan’s working meeting with Mr. G. Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission, and Mr. Sh. Durr, Secretary General of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, during which the issues related to the concept of the Pan-European conference, which will be held on October 20-23 in Yerevan, were discussed.
On the same day the Scientific Council of the Venice Commission discussed the concept of Pan-European conference presented by Mr. G. Harutyunyan, where the following three issues were proposed to consider:
- the role of the Constitutional Court, in addition to overcoming the gap in law and legal uncertainty.
- the place and role of the systemic constitutional monitoring in the improvement and overcoming of the constitutional deficiency of the system of constitutional review.
- the role and significance of "Rule of Law Checklist" adopted by the Venice Commission at its 106th plenary session in continuous constitutional diagnosing and monitoring.
Mr. J. Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission, Mr. J. Helgesen, President of the Scientific Council and Mr. K. Tuori and Mr. Ch. Grabenwarter, Vice-Presidents of the Venice presented their opinions on these issues. The Scientific Council attached great importance and approved Mr. G. Harutyunyan's initiative to hold Pan-European Conference in Yerevan considering the issues subject to discussion as of great importance for the future development of the European legal system.
On June 10, Mr. G. Harutyunyan participated in the 107th plenary session of the Venice Commission.
The plenary session of the Venice Commission, elected unanimously Mr. Kaarlo Tuori as the First Vice President of the Venice Commission.
At the plenary session of the Commission, Ms. A. Hovhannisyan, the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia presented information on the progress and implementation considerations of the experts of the Venice Commission of the adoption of a new Electoral Code.
On June 11 the plenary session of the Commission will be continued.