Organs

The organs of the Conference shall be the Board of Members and the Congress (Article 11).

The Board of Members shall be composed of the Presidents or Heads of the constitutional jurisdictions with member status. The Presidents or heads could be represented by a representative of the Courts or Institutions. The Board is the central decision-making body, which meets, as a rule, at the seat of the member responsible for organizing the next Congress, and with simple majority. The Board of Members shall hold at least one meeting between the Congress dates and, in principle on the day preceding the opening of the Congress and also before the closing of the Congress. It shall take decisions by two thirds (2/3) majority of the members present at the meeting. Each member shall have one vote (Articles 12 to 18).

The Congress shall be composed of the members, observers and guests of the Conference. However, observers and guests are not allowed to participate in voting or decision-making. The Conference holds in principle a Congress once every two (2) years. At the end of each Congress, the Board of Members shall determine the venue of the next Congress. The Congress comprises an opening and a closing session as well as debates. It shall start with a solemn opening session and ends with a special closing session (Articles 19 to 20).