Member states of the Venice Commission



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.

Full members
The 18 founding members:


 * 🇦🇹 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
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova
 * 🇲🇨 Monaco
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands
 * North Macedonia
 * 🇵🇱 Poland
 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * 🇷🇸 Serbia
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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


 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 2004
 * 🇨🇱 Chile 2005
 * Republic of Korea 2006
 * 🇲🇦 Morocco 2007
 * 🇩🇿 Algeria 2007
 * 🇮🇱 Israel 2008
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil 2009
 * 🇵🇪 Peru 2009
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia 2010
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico 2010
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 2012
 * 🇺🇸 United States 2013
 * Kosovo 2014
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2016
 * 🇨🇦 Canada 2019

Observers
Observer members include:


 * 🇦🇷 Argentina
 * Holy See
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Special status
Special co-operation status:
 * 🇪🇺 European Commission
 * Organization of American States (OAS)
 * Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/ODIHR
 * Palestinian National Authority
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa