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]
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Member
Observer
Special status or cooperation
Full members
editThe 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
editObserver members include:
Special status
editSpecial co-operation status:[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Venice Commission :: Council of Europe".
- ^ "Partial Agreements".
- ^ Members of the Venice Commission Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine