The Human Dignity Trust is delighted to congratulate Tim Otty QC, our Founder, Deputy Chair and key member of our Bar Panel, on his appointment as the United Kingdom’s representative on the Council of Europe Commission on Democracy through Law, the Venice Commission.

The Commission is the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters, whose role is to provide legal advice to its member states and help those wishing to bring their legal and institutional structures into line with European standards in the fields of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Further details can be found in this Blackstone Chambers’ statement.

 

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