AT THE VENICE COMMISSION
103rd Plenary Session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (the Venice Commission) ended, and Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Member of Bureau of the Venice Commission participated in it.
On June 20, the situation of obstruction of justice in the Republic of Turkey became the matter at issue. The same issue was also discussed at the Bureau Session of the Commission on June 18, at the eve of the Plenary Session of the Venice Commission. Mr. Buquicchio, the President of the Venice Commission informed the participants the Plenary Session that the Commission received many letters from Turkish courts, prosecutors and lawyers, which state that the latter suffer persecution. After the amendments to Law on High Board of Judges and Prosecutors in February 2014, the executive power got huge levers of interference in the activities of the judiciary.
In the result of discussions, the Commission approved the statement of the Bureau condemning encroachments on judicial independence in Turkey.
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