GUESTS AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
On November 15, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia hosted the delegation of “Democracy through Law” of the European Commission (Venice Commission) composed of Mr Richard Barrett (Deputy Director General of the Venice Commission, Ireland), Mr Srdjan Darmanovic (member of the Venice Commission, Montenegro), Simona Granata Menghini (Deputy Secretary of the Venice Commission), Amaya Ubeda de Torres (Secretariat of the Venice Commission), Timo Knaebe (OSCE/ODIHR legal expert), Loretta Vioiu (Deputy head of Yerevan office of Council of Europe).
The delegation is preparing the discussion of the RA Law on Parties at the Venice Commission plenary session.
During the meeting with Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia the procedures prescribed by the RA Constitution and Law, which may suspend the activity of parties or ban political parties, as well as other issues related to the decision on constitutionality of the Law on Parties adopted in 2006 were discussed.
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