Member states of the Venice Commission
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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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Venice Commission :: Council of Europe".
- ^ "Partial Agreements".
- ^ Members of the Venice Commission Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine