Member States
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. Today, as of 2012, the Commission counts 58 member states – the 47 member states of the Council of Europe and 11 other countries. Belarus is as associate member and there are six observers. The European Commission, Palestinian National Authority and South Africa have a special co-operation status similar to that of the observers. 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.
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