1 Report of the
Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human
Rights
The Committee held a hybrid meeting in Paris on 9 April 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 Belgium and Poland.Note
3 Conclusions of
the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Belgium and
Poland
Belgium
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 9 April 2021.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a majority, Mr Frédéric
Krenc, as the most qualified candidate, over Ms Maïté De Rue.
Poland
The Committee recommends to the Assembly to reject the list
in view of the national selection procedure not being in line with
the standards required by the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers
and to request the Government of Poland to submit a new list of
candidates.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Belgium and Poland
Belgium
Ms Maïté DE RUE
Mr Frédéric KRENC
Ms Sylvie SAROLEA
Poland
Ms Elzbieta KARSKA
Mr Aleksander STĘPKOWSKI
Ms Agnieszka SZKLANNA
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who
participated in the meetingNote
Group of the
European People's Party (EPP/CD)
Mr Jason AZZOPARDI, Malta
Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvia
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 Andrej SZEJNA, Poland
Mr André VALLINI, France
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
for Europe (ALDE)
Ms Stephanie
KRISPER, Austria
Mr Edmon MARUKYAN, Armenia
Ms Emilie Enger MEHL, Norway
European Conservatives Group and
Democratic Alliance (EC/DA)
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
Ms Despina
CHATZIVASSILIOU-TSOVILIS, Secretary General of the Parliamentary
Assembly
