Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 15213 Add. 2
| 20 January 2021
- Author(s):
- Bureau of the Assembly
1 Report of the
Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human
Rights
The Committee held a meeting by videoconference on 15 January
2021 with Mr Volker Ullrich (Germany, EPP/CD), in the Chair.
2 Introduction
The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights assessed the lists of the candidates to the Court
in respect of Switzerland and Greece.Note
3 Conclusions of
the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Switzerland
and Greece
Switzerland
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January
2021.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by an overwhelming
majority, Mr Andreas Zünd as the most qualified candidate.
Greece
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January
2021.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a clear majority,
Mr Ioannis Ktistakis as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Switzerland and Greece
Switzerland
- Ms Marianne RYTER
- Mr Nicolas von WERDT
- Mr Andreas ZÜND
Greece
- Mr Ioannis KTISTAKIS
- Ms Photini PAZARTZIS
- Mr Michail PIKRAMENOS
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who
participated in the meetingNote
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Jason AZZOPARDI,
Malta
- Mr Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland
- Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS, Greece
- Mr Attila TILKI, Hungary
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Chairperson, Germany
- Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
(SOC)
- Ms Margreet De BOER,
Netherlands
- Ms Klotilda BUSHKA, Albania
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, 2nd Vice-Chairperson, Romania
- Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus
- Mr Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Georgia
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Dimitri HOUBRON,
France
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria
- Mr Edmon MARUKYAN, Armenia
European Conservatives Group and Democratic
Alliance (EC/DA)
- Sir Christopher CHOPE,
United Kingdom
- Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine
- Mr Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Denmark
- Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Mr Georgios KATROUGKALOS,
Greece
Ex Officio
- Ms Petra BAYR, Chairperson
of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Austria
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal
Affairs and Human Rights, Latvia
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI,
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat