Member states of the Venice Commission
Member
Observer
Special status or cooperation
Starting with 18 member states, all member states of the Council of Europe subsequently joined the Venice Commission in 2002. Since then, non-European states can also become full members. As of 2023, the commission counted 61 member states.[1]
Full members
[edit]The 18 founding members:[2]
The 28 other member states of the Council of Europe:
Other member states (mostly outside of Europe), with their year of accession:
Kyrgyzstan 2004
Chile 2005
South Korea 2006
Morocco 2007
Algeria 2007
Israel 2008
Brazil 2009
Peru 2009
Tunisia 2010
Mexico 2010
Kazakhstan 2012
United States 2013
Kosovo 2014[1]
Costa Rica 2016
Canada 2019
Observers
[edit]Observer members include:
Special status
[edit]Special co-operation status:[3]
European Commission
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/ODIHR
Palestinian National Authority
South Africa
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Venice Commission :: Council of Europe".
- ^ "Partial Agreements".
- ^ Members of the Venice Commission Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine