Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Progress report | Doc. 13668 Addendum II | 20 January 2015

Committee

Bureau of the Assembly

1 Report of the Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

The sub-committee held a meeting in Paris on 15 January 2015, with Lord Tomlinson (United Kingdom, Socialist Group) in the Chair.

2 Introduction

In accordance with previous practice and with the decisions the Parliamentary Assembly adopted in its Resolution 1200 (1999) as modified by Resolution 1646 (2009), [(1) See document AS/Jur/Inf (2014) 03 rev 5 for details.] the Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights assessed the qualifications of the candidates to the Court in respect of Bulgaria and Serbia. [(2) See Appendix 1 for the list of candidates submitted by the governments concerned. A full list and the curricula vitae of the candidates can be found in Assembly Docs. 13652 and 13667.] A list of members of the sub-committee who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix 2.

3 Conclusions of the sub-committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Bulgaria and Serbia, Contracting States to the European Convention on Human Rights

3.1 Bulgaria

The sub-committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2015.

Following interviews with the candidates (in alphabetical order), the sub-committee, by an overwhelming majority, recommends the candidature of Mr Yonko GROZEV, as the most qualified candidate.

3.2 Serbia

The sub-committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2015.

Following interviews with the candidates (in alphabetical order), the sub-committee, by an overwhelming majority, recommends the candidature of Mr Branko LUBARDA, as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Bulgaria and Serbia [(3) See footnote 2 above.]

Bulgaria

• Mr Yonko GROZEV
• Ms Tanya KUTSAROVA-HRISTOVA
• Mr Viktor SOLOVEYTCHIK

Serbia

• Mr Branko LUBARDA
• Mr Branko RAKIĆ
• Ms Spomenka ZARIĆ

Appendix 2 – Members of the sub-committee who participated in the meeting

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD):

• Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain
• Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey

Socialist Group (SOC):

• Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
• Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain
• Mr Michael McNAMARA, Ireland
• Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland
• Lord John TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, Chairperson
• Mr Klaas de VRIES, Netherlands
• Ms Nataša VUČKOVIĆ, Serbia

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

• Ms Alina GORGHIU, Romania

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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly:

• Mr Andrew Drzemczewski, Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department