Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 15685 Add. 2
| 18 January 2023
- Author(s):
- Bureau of the Assembly
1 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 Iceland and Denmark.Note
2 Conclusions of
the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Iceland and
Denmark
2.1 Iceland
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 13 January
2023.
The committee unanimously recommends to the Assembly Ms Oddný
Mjöll Arnardottir as the most qualified candidate.
2.2 Denmark
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 13 January
2023.
The committee recommends to the Assembly two equally qualified
candidates, Ms Anne Louise Haahr Bormann and Mr Jon Esben Hvam.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Iceland and Denmark
Iceland
- Ms Oddný Mjöll ARNARDOTTIR
- Ms Dóra GUÐMUNDSDOTTIR
- Mr Páll ÞÓRHALLSSON
Denmark
- Mr Mohammad AHSAN
- Ms Anne Louise HAAHR BORMANN
- Mr Jon Esben HVAM
Appendix 2 – Members of the committee who
participated in the meetingNote
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine – First Vice Chairperson
- Mr Pablo HISPÁN, Spain
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
(SOC)
- Ms Klotilda BUSHKA,
Albania
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania – Chairperson
- Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE)
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER,
Austria – Second Vice Chairperson
- Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine
- Ms Elena-Simona SPĂTARU, Romania
European Conservatives Group & Democratic
Alliance (EC/DA)
- Sir Christopher CHOPE,
United Kingdom
- Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
Ex officio members
- Mr Damien COTTIER, Switzerland
– Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER,
Head of the Secretariat
- Mr Guillem CANO-PALOMARES, Deputy to the Head of the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Secretariat
