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Strasbourg, 27 June 2013 CDL-WCCJ(2013)003syn EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION) World Conference on Constitutional Justice 7th meeting of the Bureau Venice, 15 June 2013 SYNOPSIS This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. www.venice.coe.int/WCCJ  -2- . The Bureau - was informed about the membership of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (71 member Courts on 15 June 2013) and of the fact that certain Courts have expressed an interest in joining the WCCJ; - examined the financial report of the WCCJ and instructed the Secretariat to prepare “guidelines governing acceptance by the World Conference of financial contributions from public bodies, governments and intergovernmental organisations” in accordance with Article 4.b.7 of the Statute; - approved the scale of contributions for 2014 (Article 6 of the Statute); - was informed by the representatives of the Constitutional Court of Korea about the progress made in the preparation of the 3rd Congress (Seoul, 28.09 -2.10.2014); - asked the Secretariat to consult the members of the Conference, by e-mail, on the topic of the 3rd Congress "Constitutional Justice and Social Integration" and on including in the order of business of the Congress, on a regular basis, the following item: “Independence of Constitutional Courts: stocktaking” (Article 4.b.7 of the Statute); - instructed the Secretariat to negotiate, with the administration of the Council of Europe, the possibility of giving a global financial contribution to the Constitutional Court of Korea for the organisation of the Congress and to leave to the host Court the recruitment of interpreters, provided that this Court can find high-level interpreters; - asked the Secretariat to determine, by referring to the United Nations statistics on the least developed countries, which Courts could receive financial support in order to participate in the 3rd Congress of the WCCJ in Seoul; - discussed the organisation of the Congress and made the following decisions: a) the Congress will be held in plenary session only due to the high interpretation costs for three parallel workshops in all 7 official languages of the Conference; b) the size of the delegations is strictly limited to 4 persons; c) the member Courts are free to decide the composition of their delegations and may invite, for example, university professors as part of their delegations. d) Regional and International Courts of Human Rights will be invited to the 3rd Congress and the Constitutional Court of Korea is free to invite non-member Courts, if it so wishes; e) the sub-themes of the Congress will be determined by the host Court, in collaboration with the Bureau and the Secretariat; f) the sub-themes will be communicated to the chairs of the regional and linguistic groups in order to allow them to suggest rapporteurs for these sub-themes and the Bureau will make the final decision based on these suggestions. - invited the court members of regional and linguistic groups to appoint liaison officers according to the respective cooperation agreements;  -3- . - was informed about the co-operation agreements of regional and linguistic groups with the Venice Commission and invited member Courts of regional and linguistic groups to appoint liaison officers in accordance with their respective co-operation agreements (http://www.venice.coe.int/WebForms/pages/?p=02_Regional); - was informed about the participation in conferences / meetings of the regional and linguistic groups and updated the calendar of upcoming activities between August 2013 and the end of 2015 (http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/events/default.aspx?v=programme&lang=en); - adopted a logo for the WCCJ; - decided that a meeting of the Bureau would take place in March 2014, in Venice, if necessary. ----------------------------------------- From: DURR Schnutz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 12:12 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Estonia: World conference on Constitutional Justice, Bureau meeting / 3rd Congress, topic Importance: High World Conference on Constitutional Justice Mr Märt RASK Chief Justice, Supreme Court Estonia Honourable Chief Justice, I have the pleasure to transmit to you the synopsis of the meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, which took place in Venice on 15 June 2013. The Bureau discussed the preparation of the 3rd Congress of the World Conference, which will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 28 September – 1 October 2014. In accordance with Article 4.b.7 of the Statute of the World Conference, the Bureau asked the Secretariat to consult with the members on the topic of the conference. Upon a proposal by the Host of the Conference, the Constitutional Court of Korea, the Bureau approved the topic "Constitutional Justice and Social Integration". In addition, the Bureau decided to include in the order of business of the Congress, on a regular basis, the following item: “Independence of Constitutional Courts: stocktaking”. Please send me your views on the topic or any proposal for another topic by 15 August at the latest. I will transmit the results of this consultation to the Bureau, which will take a final decision on the topic. Yours sincerely, Schnutz Dürr Secretary of the World Conference on Constiutional Justice Head of Constitutional Justice Division Venice Commission Council of Europe - DGI F 67075 Strasbourg - France Tel. +33 388 41 39 08 Fax +33 388 41 37 38 E-mail: [email protected] www.venice.coe.int www.codices.coe.int