Member states of the Venice Commission explained

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

The 18 founding members:^[2]

• Austria
• Belgium
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Greece
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Norway
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey

The 28 other member states of the Council of Europe:

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
  • Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
  • Poland
• Romania
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
  • Ukraine United Kingdom

Other member states (mostly outside of Europe), with their year of accession:

• Kyrgyzstan 2004
• Chile 2005
• 2006
• Morocco 2007
• Algeria 2007
• Israel 2008
• Brazil 2009
• Peru 2009
• Tunisia 2010
• Mexico 2010
• Kazakhstan 2012
• United States 2013
• 2014
• Costa Rica 2016
• Canada 2019

Observers

Observer members include:

• Argentina
  • Japan
• Uruguay

Special status

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

• Council of Europe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venice Commission :: Council of Europe .
2. Web site: Partial Agreements .
3. http://www.venice.coe.int/site/dynamics/N_Members_ef.asp?L=E&MenuL=E Members of the Venice Commission