Announcement: Prof Wojciech Sadurski Nominated to Venice Commission

Professor Wojciech Sadurski, member of the IACL-AIDC Executive Committee, was nominated by the Polish Government as a full member of the Venice Commission from Poland, effective 11 March 2026, for 4 years. Professor Sadurski is Challis Professor in Jurisprudence, University of Sydney Law School; Professor, Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw; and is the Bok International Professor, at The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (Spring 2026).

Professor Sadurski (second from left) pictured with Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, MFA Radek Sikorski, Minister of Justice Waldemar Zurek, and a new substitute member of the Commission, Prof. Monika Florczak-Wator, at the ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Venice Commission, officially the ‘European Commission for Democracy Through Law’, is the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters. The role of the Venice Commission is to provide legal advice to its member states and, in particular, to help states wishing to bring their legal and institutional structures into line with European and international standards in the fields of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Each member state appoints one member and one substitute member amongst outstanding experts in constitutional or international law from that jurisdiction.