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Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Andorra

Communication | Doc. 15989 | 17 May 2024

Author(s):
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

1 List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of AndorraNote

Letter from Mr Joan Forner Rovira, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Andorra to the Council of Europe, to Ms Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 13 May 2024

[…] it is my honour to present you with the curricula vitae, appended hereto in alphabetical order, of the three candidates in question:

  • Ms Saïda El Boudouhi
  • Ms Canòlic Mingorance
  • Mr David Moynat

I would like to begin by telling you that the Government of Andorra attaches prime importance to the election of an Andorran national as the judge representing Andorra as such persons are best placed to know about cases relating to Andorra, particularly when they become the Judge Rapporteur for Committee, Chamber and Grand Chamber cases. Since the accession of Andorra to the Council of Europe (1994), all the judges representing Andorra have been Andorran nationals.

[…]

2 Information on national selection procedure for the position of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights

2.1 Introduction

Before describing the procedure followed by the Andorran Government to select the Andorran candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights (the Court), we felt it was important to give an outline of the make-up of the Andorran judicial system and the nationality of the judges working within it. This brief introduction may help to understand why the Andorran Government had to publish the call for candidates four times (between 13 December 2023 and 12 April 2024) before finding three suitable candidates.

The courts are as follows:

  • Batllia: the court of first instance and preliminary investigation in civil, administrative and criminal cases, with 17 members (one President, Mr David Moynat, and 16 judges), all of Andorran nationality;
  • the Tribunal de Corts: the criminal court, with 6 members (one President, Ms Canòlic Mingorance, and 5 judges), 4 of whom are of Andorran nationality;
  • the High Court of Justice, the highest ordinary court, with 9 members (one President and 8 judges), 3 of whom are Andorran nationals;
  • the Constitutional Court: the Constitutional Court provides definitive interpretations of the Constitution. It currently has four members, none of whom are Andorran.

2.2 Publication of the call for candidatures

At the Cabinet meeting of 6 December 2023, the Government of the Principality of Andorra approved the call for candidatures which launched the procedure to select the three candidates for the national list.

On 13 December 2023, the call was published in the Official Gazette. Anyone interested who met the conditions laid down in the Parliamentary Assembly’s recommendations and the European Convention on Human Rights was to present their candidature along with the related CVs in French and in English to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by 19 January 2024 at the latest. We received only one candidature in response.

On 24 January 2024, a second announcement was published in the Official Gazette with a deadline for applications of 15 March 2024. This resulted in two further candidatures.

On 21 February 2024, a third notice was published with a deadline of 15 March 2024, giving rise to another two candidatures.

And lastly, on 21 March 2024, a final call was published with a deadline of 12 April 2024, prompting three candidates to apply.

2.3 Appointment of a Selection Committee

The Selection Committee is made up of the following members:

1 Mr Joan Manel Abril Campoy, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court. Chair of the Evaluation Committee;
2 Ms Florence Benoît-Rohmer, French legal expert, specialising in human rights, and professor at the University of Strasbourg;
3 Mr Pere Vilanova, expert in constitutional law and member of the Venice Commission;
4 Ms Eva Garcia Lluelles, Head of the International Legal Relations and Co-operation Department and Government Agent to the European Court of Human Rights and hence familiar with its activities;
5 Ms Mireia Fernandez, member of the Government Legal Office and member of the Government Agent’s working group;
6 Mr Jeroni X. Estopinan Pascual, Director of Multilateral and Co-operation Activities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Committee secretary and expert in languages (French and English).

In contrast with the last selection procedure nine years ago, this time, the Committee was balanced in its composition, with members whose national and international prestige is acknowledged and who are sufficiently knowledgeable in technical matters and free from external influence. In this context, of the six members, three, including the Chair, who has a casting vote, do their work outside the structures of government, and two even work outside the Principality. In addition, the three members who are in government structures have civil service status and therefore can assess matters independently while also knowing how the Court operates.

The Committee members’ profiles guarantee that the Committee has extensive knowledge of human rights, both at national and at European level, the constitutional and legislative application of human rights in Andorra and the functioning of the selection procedure.

The Committee met on 24 April 2024 to analyse and assess the various applications received and it interviewed each candidate for one hour, particularly with a view to ensuring that their qualifications and experience met the conditions required. The Committee assessed the candidates according to the following criteria: their curricula vitae, their experience, their motivation, and their language skills.

Having deliberated, the Selection Committee decided to submit the national list comprising three candidates to the Executive Council for approval at its meeting of 24 April 2024.

The Executive Council approved the national list proposed and the candidates were informed of the result.

Appendix 1 – Curriculum vitae of Saïda EL BOUDOUHI

I. Personal Details

Name, Forename: EL BOUDOUHI, Saïda

Sex: female

Date and place of birth: 25 December 1978 in Nador (Morocco)

Nationality: Andorran

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

  • 2016 Successful at the national examination for Full University Professorship in Public Law (France)
  • 2010 Qualified by the National University Council to apply for positions of Associate Professor (maître de conférences) in Public Law (France)
  • 2004-2009 PhD in Law (Topic: Facts in International Litigation (l’élément factuel dans le contentieux international, under the supervision of P.-M. Eisemann), University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • 2003-2004 Master’s Degree in International Law and International Organisations Law, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • 2002-2003 4th year of the Law Degree, University of Toulouse 1, obtained through equivalence at Cardiff University (UK) within an Erasmus Exchange Programme.
  • 2002-2003 Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Cardiff (school of law), United Kingdom
  • 1999-2002 Degree (Licence) of Law, University of Toulouse 1
  • 1998-2000 Two-year Degree (diplôme d’études universitaires générales) in Anglo-saxon Language, Literature and Civilisation, University of Toulouse le Mirail
  • 1998 Baccalauréat with a literary specialization, Lycée Comte de Foix (French High School System) in Andorra

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

(-)

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities

  • Since 2021 Full Professor of Public Law, University Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis – teachings in international law, European law, including the law of the external relations of the EU, introduction to constitutional law
  • 2016-2021 Full Professor of Public Law, University of Valenciennes and of Hainaut-Cambrésis (later renamed Université polytechnique des Hauts de France) – teachings in International Law, European Protection of Human Rights Law, EU law
  • 2019-2020 Visiting scholar, University of Arizona – College of Law (invited by Prof. S. Puig)
  • 2011-2016 Associate Professor in Public Law at University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
  • 2009-2010 Jean Monnet Post-doctoral Fellow, Global Governance programme under the supervision of Prof. M. P. Maduro, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
  • 2007-2009 Fixed-term teaching and research assistantship contract, University Paris 5 René Descartes – teachings in international law, EU law and administrative litigation
  • 2004-2007 Doctoral Contract, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Oct. 2004-Feb. 2005 Trainee at the European Commission, DG Transport and Energy, International Co-operation Unit
  • May-Sept. 2003 Policy officer/trainee at the Mission of Andorra at the United Nations (Geneva)

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

None.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

  • 2017-2024: Supervision of the doctoral dissertation of Ms Julie Cardon on Third Party Intervention at the European Court of Human Rights, successfully defended on 5 April 2024
  • 2017-2019 (University of Valenciennes) and 2023-2024 (University of Paris 8): promotion and supervision of the participation of students from the Master’s programme in Public Law in the René Cassin Moot Court Competition
  • 2016-2019: in charge of a 30-hour course on European Protection of Human Rights for Master’s students, University of Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis (France)
  • 2010-2014: Temporary lecturer for a 24-h course on The Law of the European Protection of Human Rights (in English) for undergraduate international students, Institut d’études politiques de Paris
  • 2010, “France” referee and contributor (with V. Barral) for the «Study of the Legal Framework on Human Rights and the Environment Applicable to European Enterprises operating outside the European Union», led by Prof. A. Boyle on behalf of the European Commission, University Edinburg (Scotland)
  • August 2003: Reporter for the Mission of Andorra to the United Nations (Geneva), 55th Session of the Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

V. Public activities

a. Public office

See above III (higher education)

b. Elected posts

Since June 2022 Member of the Council of the French Society of International Law

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None.

VI. Other Activities

1) Since September 2021: Director of the Master’s Programme in Public Law at University Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis

  • Selection of the applying students
  • Coordination of the teachings, especially in the area of international and European Law
  • Invitation of guest professors within the Jean Monnet Module on the Law of the External Relations of the EU, funded by the European Commission (Erasmus programme)

2) Since November 2022: referee for the Department of Law for International Relations and University Cooperation, University Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis

  • Supervision of the outcoming and incoming student and teaching staff mobilities
  • Conclusion and follow-up of partnership agreements with EU and non-EU universities for the Law Department

3) Member of the French Society of International Law

  • Since June 2022: member of the Council
  • 2018: member of the jury Suzanne Bastid Prize for the best doctoral thesis in publication international law
  • participation in the annual conference and contribution to the conference proceedings in 2015, 2022 and 2023.

4) Member of the International Law Association (ILA)

  • in 2019: member of the jury of the French branch of ILA Prize for the best doctoral thesis in transnational law
  • since January 2022, member of the ILA Committee on «International Tax Law», co-chaired by J. Kokott and P. Pistone and bringing together experts in both public international law and tax law
  • Active participation in the closed and open seminars, notably the ones held at the Annual Meeting of ASIL (Lisbon in June 2022 and New York in April 2023)

5) June-December 2023: member of the Evaluation Committee of a research centre in the legal field (Sciences po School of Law, Paris), High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES), France

6) Member of the examining panel (Subject: “International Affairs”), Ecole nationale d’administration in 2018 (internal competitive examination) and 2019 (external competitive examination)

VII. Publications and other works

My publications and research projects span across various branches of public international law, from the study of international tribunals to international human rights law and international economic law. My study of international human rights law has often stemmed from a comparative and systematic perspective. It often led me to examine comparatively several branches of international law, such as international investment law and human rights law, and to scrutinise the reception of international human rights law in national legal systems through a comparative lens.

  • 4 books/special issue, 1 as author, 2 as co-editor and 1 as editor.
  • 23 peer-reviewed journal articles, among which 9 are co-authored
  • 20 book chapters, amongst which 4 are co-authored
  • More than 20 short publications, ie book reviews and case law headnotes, notably for International Law in Domestic Courts (Oxford University Press)

1 «Taking the Fact/Law Distinction Not Too Seriously: A Legal Theory Perspective on Domestic Law within International Litigation», Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 2024/1, pp. 117-137.
2 «L’attente légitime dans la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme», in S. Robert-Cuendet (ed.), La protection des attentes légitimes en droit public. Approche comparée de droit international, droit européen et droit interne, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2020, pp. 89-106.
3 With D. Dannenberg, «The Reception of International Decisions on Human Rights by French Courts», in S. Kadelbach, T. Rensmann and E. Rieter (eds.), Judging International Human Rights. Courts of General Jurisdiction as Human Rights Courts, Springer, 2018.
4 “L’aplicaciò del dret internacional pels jutges nacionals: cap a un dret internacional comparat?», in Andorran society of Sciences, Recull de conferéncies 2015/ Debats de recerca. Recerca jurídica a Andorra, 2017, pp. 188-199.
5 «L’investisseur étranger devant les juridictions internationales des droits de l’homme. La question des droits fondamentaux de l’investisseur», in S. Robert-Cuendet (ed.), Droit des investissements: approches transversales, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2017, pp. 301-330.
6 «The Domestic Judge as an Ordinary Judge of International Law? Invocability of Treaty Law before French and other National Courts», Leiden Journal of International Law, 2015/2, pp. 283-301.
7 «A comparative approach of the national margin of appreciation doctrine before the ECtHR, investment tribunals and WTO dispute settlement bodies», European University Institute (EUI) Working Paper RSCAS 2015/27, 33 p.
8 «Le droit international comparé: mythe ou réalité?», Revue générale de droit international public, 2017/4, pp. 981-1011.
9 L’élément factuel dans le contentieux international, Bruylant, 2013, 359 p.
10 «Déférence de la CEDH envers le nouveau dispositif concernant le rapporteur public ou juste un sursis? Note sous les arrêts de la CEDH du 30 juin 2009 – UFC-Que Choisir de la Côte d’Or c. France et 15 septembre 2009 – Yvonne Etienne c. France»Actualité juridique de droit administratif, 28 décembre 2009, pp. 2468-2473.

VIII. Languages

Language

Reading

Writing

Speaking

Very good

Good

Fair

Very good

good

fair

Very good

good

fair

a. First language:

                 

- Catalan

X

   

X

   

X

   

b. Langues officielles:

                 

– French

X

   

X

   

X

   

– English

X

   

X

   

X

   

c. Autres langues:

                 

Spanish

X

   

X

   

X

   

Italian

X

     

X

   

X

 

Arabic

   

X

   

X

 

X

 

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court

Non applicable.

X. Other relevant information

Non applicable.

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

Appendix 2 – Curriculum vitae of Canòlic MINGORANCE CAIRAT

I. Personal Details

Name, forename: MINGORANCE CAIRAT, Canòlic

Sex: female

Date and place of birth: 9 March 1976 in Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra)

Nationality: Andorran

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

  • 2024 PhD in law, Money laundering in Andorran criminal law: The impact of the FATF. Thesis under the supervision of PhD Josep M. Tamarit Sumalla. The defense will take place on 26 January 2024
  • 2001 Master in Andorran Law, University of Andorra
  • 1998 Master 2 in Law, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)

III. Relevant professional activities

Description of judicial activities

  • Since 2018: Appeal magistrate at the Court of Corts
  • 2015 – 2018 Investigative judge specialised in socio-economic matters and organised crime
  • Investigative judge specialised in international organised crime, particularly in the BPA, Odebrecht, Lava Jato, PDVSA cases, relating to money laundering (more than 2 billion euros) resulting from corruption
  • 2001-2015 Investigative judge

Description of non-judicial legal activities

  • Since 2023 Professor of International Co-operation and International Justice at the Master's in Judicial Mention, University of Andorra
  • 2021-2023 Professor in the course Preparation for access to judicial functions, University of Andorra.
  • Legal expert participating in the evaluations of the Moneyval committee of the Council of Europe:

· Moldova (2004), evaluation of aspects linked to prosecutions and convictions, as well as the criminal legislation in force in the fight against money laundering.

· Monaco (2022), assessment of law enforcement aspects, particular related to international co-operation, prosecutions and convictions in relation to terrorist financing.

· Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023), assessment of law enforcement aspects, in particular related to anti-money laundering prosecutions and convictions, asset recovery and financing prosecutions and convictions of terrorism.

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

  • Since 2023, member of the National Bioethics Committee of Andorra.
  • Since 2016, member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) and, since 2017, member of the Restricted Working Group, participating in the drafting of opinions, in particular that on the freedom of expression of judges. Since 2024: member of the Bureau.
  • From 2013 to 2015: member of the European Committee for Legal Cooperation, notably in the development of a legal instrument for the protection of whistleblowers.
  • From 2010 to 2019, participation in the presentation of reports on Andorra to the UN before the Human Rights Council, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Committee on the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture.

V. Public activities

Non applicable.

VI. Other activities

2020 and 2021: President of the Association of judges, prosecutors and magistrates for mediation. As the first president of the association, I worked to create links between mediators and legal operators linked to the courts, in order to introduce alternative dispute resolution procedures in judicial cases.

VII. Publications and other works

  • Mingorance Cairat, C. (2023) L’autoblanqueig en els conductes de mera possessió. Papers de recerca. DOI:10.2436.15.0110.21.102
  • Mingorance Cairat, C. (2023) La internacionalización del compliance penal. En Derecho, economia y empresa: Cuestiones practicas actuales (pp. 177-186). Editorial Colex.

VIII. Languages

Language

Reading

Writing

Speaking

very good

good

fair

very good

good

fair

very good

good

fair

First language:

Catalan (native language)

X

   

X

   

X

   

Spanish (native language)

X

   

X

   

X

   

b. Official languages:

                 

– English

X

     

X

   

X

 

– French

X

   

X

   

X

   

c. Other languages

………………………..

                 

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court

If necessary, I will take language courses before and after taking up my duties.

X. Other relevant information

  • 2022, 2016, 2013, 2009: participation in training courses organized by the ENM (Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, France) and the CGPJ (Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Spain) on human rights, particularly on the recent case law of the ECHR.
  • Participation in several conferences on juridical matters as a lecturer.

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if I am elected judge at the Court.

Appendix 3 – Curriculum vitae of David MOYNAT ROSSEL

I. Personal details

Name, forename: MOYNAT ROSSELL David

Sex: male

Date and place of birth: 29 April 1969 in Fontainebleau (France)

Nationality: Andorran

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

  • Master's degree in law with a specialization in private law from the University of Social Sciences of Toulouse I, France, 1994

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

  • Registrar from 2 February 1995, to 22 June 1997; Judge since 22 June 1997 – currently attached to the specialized civil and juvenile sections (protection of minors at risk).
  • Having assumed the functions of President between 16 December 2005 and 22 April 2015, and again from 18 November 2020 according to the agreement of the Superior Council of Justice of Andorra.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

  • Seminar on fundamental rights and requirements for international co-operation in civil matters – workshop on updating the search system for the case law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights man and fundamental freedoms.
  • Seminar between the TEDH and the ordinary jurisdiction 28 June 2019, Restrictions on the right of assembly by judge Branko Lubarda – see articles 10 and 11 of the ECHR, measures of instruction in criminal proceedings and article 8 ECHR by judge Marko Bosnjak, the principle of non bis in idem of judge Georges Ravarani - protocol No. 7 ECHR.
  • Course on the jurisprudence of the ECtHR organised on 26 October 2015 by Judge Josep Casadevall Medrano.
  • Participation on 22 November 2023 in a first meeting convened at the initiative of the Ministry of the Presidency, Economy, Labor and Housing of the Government to deal with an action protocol concerning the protection of people in situations of loss of usual and permanent housing. Residence in case of eviction.
  • The rights of persons with disabilities – Law 27/2017 of 30 November on urgent measures for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, done in New York on 13 December 2006.
  • Inner to his functions of President of Batllia (TGI), member of foundation called Aurora Fornés in order to contribute helping people with mental illnesses.
  • Professional interview as a Judge of Children about violence on children with the special representative of General Secretary of the UN, Ms Najat Maalla M´jid, 12 June 2023.
  • Participation in the Working Group on the revision of the PAI protocol and the Barnahus implementation model – for cases of intervention in cases of child sexual abuse and acute physical violence involving the application of the Action Protocol immediate having held two meetings so far on 14 December 2023 and 1 February 2024.
  • Participation as a moderator in the round table: The construction of personality in children and adolescents, the exercise of procedural rights of minors and their projection in the custody regime.
  • Interprofessional conference on the problems of the protection of minors and the criminal liability of minors.
  • Training provided by the drafters of Law 14/2019, of 15 February entitled Rights of children and adolescents.
  • Seminar in Lisbon in November 2016 on “The hearing of the child in civil procedures” organised by the Council of Europe with presentation of the application in the Principality of Andorra of the right of minors to be heard.

V. Public activities

VI. Other activities

January 2024

  • General and specialised training courses of the High Council of Justice on judicial practice in individual and collegiate courts – uncertainties and vagaries of justice, sense of justice and its derivatives, personal relationship and practical problem situations – provided by Magistrate of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of Spain, Mr Joan Antonio Xiol Rios.

January 2023 to December 2023

  • General and specialised training courses of the High Council of Justice on judicial ethics, professional conduct and conflicts of interest in the exercise of jurisdiction.
  • Course on the fight against terrorism and its financing.
  • Workshop on the contents and access processes to the Cendoj case law and legislative database and bibliographic research.
  • Workshop on monitoring the application of the new Code of Civil Procedure and the new regulations on the exequatur procedure and precautionary measures, led by Judges Clara Carulla and Rosa Méndez.
  • Introduction to Community law – Community institutions. Origin of community law. The value of the case law of the TJEU.
  • Law 14/2022 of public contracting – content and practical aspects of operation by Mr Joaquim Llimona Balcells.
  • Course on the legal and regulatory implications of digital assets Blackman, cryptocurrencies, casuistry, cybersecurity.

February 2022 to July 2022

  • General and specialised training courses of the High Council of Justice on ethics and the judicial function in the Small States of Europe.
  • Workshop on the gender perspective – civil, criminal and administrative approach.
  • Communication, eloquence and leadership.
  • Workshop on the application of the new code of civil procedure – special procedures.
  • New data protection regulations, Law 29/2021 of 28 October qualified as personal data protection.
  • Seminar on changes in a person's capacity to act in relation to situations resulting from mental illness.

February 2021 to November 2021

  • General and specialised training courses of the High Council of Justice on judicial ethics – the administration of justice and judicial ethics in today's society; the codes of judicial ethics which are based on the protection and defense of the independence, impartiality and integrity of the judge in the exercise of his judicial functions, led by Magistrate Julie Joly-Hurard, member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and Mr Magistrate Carlos Gómez Martínez.
  • Course on the application of the new Code of Civil Procedure – in particular: pecuniary and non-pecuniary execution procedures and other incidents in the execution phase with oral hearings by Ms Clara Carulla and Ms Rosa Méndez, magistrates of the Judicial School of the CGPJ Spain.
  • Course on the evaluation of evidence – mainly in civil proceedings. Special reference to technological means of investigation in the field of criminal jurisdiction and the legal challenges faced with technological advances in civil and criminal trials, in charge of Magistrate Xavier Abel, Mr Joan Picó Director of the Law Department Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (Spain) and lawyer Ruth Sala.
  • Working seminar on environmental issues related to the execution of precautionary measures by Mr Albert Andrés, magistrate and president of the TSJA.
  • Bankruptcies and international effects of creditor assistance.
  • Interprofessional conference on the problems of the protection of minors and the criminal liability of minors.
  • Course on the crime of influence peddling and the Mérida Convention – United Nations Convention against Corruption, held from 9 to 11 December 2003 in Mérida, Mexico; entered into force on 14 December 2005 after the required notifications; it currently has 184 member States and their objectives are: to take measures to prevent and combat corruption more effectively and efficiently and to enforce existing rules, to promote international co-operation and technical assistance in matters of prevention and fight against corruption, and promote integrity, accountability and good management of public affairs and public property.
  • Conference on the civil service: principles inspiring the reform of Lawyer Antoni López Montanya.
  • Parental relations after divorce and the break between the progenitors, at the initiative of the College of Psychologists of Andorra led by Magistrate Pascual Ortuño.

January 2020 to February 2021

  • General and specialized training courses of the High Council of Justice on judicial ethics – practical aspects within the framework of the collection of ethical obligations and values of 27 September 2016 – provided on 16 January 2020, Defense mechanisms against stress.
  • Training via Zoom with Cendoj – access to case law and legislative databases.
  • Session on the new Code of Civil Procedure by Magistrate Joan Manel Abril Campoy.
  • Participation via Zoom invitation in a training action on extrajudicial mediation through a simulation of a mediation process in a conflict already judged within the framework of a family business and subsequent to the European Mediation Day.

March 2019 – July 2019

  • General and specialized training course of the High Council of Justice on Citizen Security and Privacy – judicial control of the actions of the Police Service in the field of delinquency prevention and investigation of crimes, held on 26 March 2019; Consistency and motivation of the judicial decision relating to the right of access to the court held on 25 April 2019; Value Doctrine and jurisprudence TSJA and TJEU held on 29 May 2019.
  • Conference on attention disorders with or without hyperactivity. ADHD from origins to consequences. Workshop 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ADHD and learning disorders, low performance, academic failure and associated behavioral changes throughout the life cycle. Miquel Casas, professor of psychiatry and forensic medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and Rosa Bosch, psychologist from Vall d'Hebron.
  • Visit to Cendoj with the CSJA delegation.

January 2018 to September 2019

  • General and specialised training of the High Council of Justice on 24 January 2018 on judicial ethics and legal language by Jacques Beaume, Estrella Montoliu and Carles Cruz; Sessions on the draft Code of Civil Procedure on 8 February, 7 and 8 March 2018 by Joan Manel Abril, Josep Maria Rifà and Manuel Richard.
  • Workshop given by professors from the CGPJ Judicial School Clara Carulla and Rosa Mendez on the development of the oral hearing (Code of Civil Procedure).
  • Presentation of the International Treaties in the Principality of Andorra.
  • Seminar at the CGPJ on evidence in civil procedure. Illicit evidence and evidence generated by new technologies, 14, 15 and 16 March 2018.
  • Continuing training in Paris (France) from 25 to 27 September 2019 on Parental Authority.

March 2017 to October 2017

  • General and specialised training course of the Superior Council of Justice on judicial ethics and legal language organised on 9 March 2017 by Juan Antonio Xiol Rios, Carles Cruz, Montserrat Planellas and Rosa Lizandra; on Justice and medicine: a necessary dialogue held on 28 April 2017 by Gemma Garcia, Jean Michel Rascagneres, Pere Pastor and Ester Fenoll.
  • Course on the effects of the Lugano Convention organised on 17 May 2017, by Cristina González Beilfuss.
  • Seminar on civil liability held on 27 September 2017 by Jacques Richiardi and Joaquim Borrell.
  • Family law course: food and custody taught on 26 October 2017 by Eulàlia Amat, Helena Ferrer and Alain Fouquet; from 26 to 28 April 2017 Stay at the Children's Court in Toulouse (France).

January 2016 to October 2016

  • “Positive approach to separation and divorce processes” course. Consequences in the family. Shared custody a guide to the psychological expert report. Therapeutic justice: proposals and experiences” on the initiative of the Continuing Training Service of the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain and held on 27, 28 and 29 April 2016.
  • General and specialised training courses of the Superior Council of Justice on judicial ethics and legal language organised on 18 January 2016 by Javier Hernández and Estrella Montoliu; International judicial co-operation, Private international inheritance law, held on 13 June 2016 by Cristina González Beilfuss; Economic crimes and corruption supported on 11 July 2016 by José Manuel Maza; and update on the case law of the ECtHR carried out on 27 October 2016 by Josep Casadevall and Pere Pastor.

January 2015 to March 2015

  • General and specialised training course of the Superior Council of Justice, Practical instruments to help the jurisdiction, organised on 19 January 2015 by Javier Hernández; Private international law in family law, disability and guardianship, held on 18 May 2015 by Cristina González.
  • Participation from 23 to 25 March 2015 in the activity “Meeting of family affairs judges: protection of minors in the family process. Special reference to cross-border problems” organised by the Continuing Training Service of the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain.

May 2011 to February 2014

  • Conference on circulation and money laundering, organised by the Andorran Bar Association on 4 and 5 May 2011.
  • Course “Technical-practical analysis of the construction process oriented towards the procedures for repairing defective constructions” on the initiative of the Continuing Training Service of the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain and held on 17, 18 and 19 October 2011.
  • Money laundering prevention seminar developed as part of the 2014 training activities project program of the High Council of Justice and held on 30 January 2014.
  • Course “Unfair clauses and automatic control” at the initiative of the Continuing Training Service of the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain and organised from 19 to 21 February 2014.

October 2008 to March 2010

  • Course “Civil Procedural Law: Procedural Parts and Presuppositions” developed within the 2008/2009 activity and training project program of the Superior Council of Justice and the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain, held on 9, 10, 16 and 17 October 2008.
  • Course “Civil Procedure Law: Civil Evidence” developed within the 2008/2009 activities and training project program of the Superior Council of Justice and the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain, held on 23, 24, 30 and 31 October 2008.
  • Seminar on labor and union law in accordance with laws 33/2008 on freedom of association, 34/2008 on health and safety at work and 35/2008 on the Labor Relations Code, held on 18 March 2010, and organized by the Andorran Bar Association.

April 2004 to March 2008

  • Course on the credibility of witnesses organised by the College of Psychologists of Andorra and carried out on 23 and 24 April 2004.
  • Course “General Principles of Urban Law” developed within the 2007/2008 Activity Training Project Program of the Superior Council of Justice and the General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain, held on 19 and 20, 9 and 10 October, 16, 17, 23 and 24 November 2007, 11, 12, 18 and 25 January, 15, 16, 22 and 23 February, 7 and 8 March 2008.

VII. Publications and other works

VIII. Languages

Language

Reading

Writing

Speaking

very good

good

fair

very good

good

fair

very good

good

fair

a. First language:

                 

Catalan (official language in the Principality of Andorra)

X

   

X

   

X

   

b. Official languages:

                 

– English

 

X

   

X

   

X

 

– French

X

   

X

   

X

   

c. Other languages:

                 

Spanish

X

   

X

   

X

   

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court

X. Other relevant information

In the context of teaching

  • Collaborating professor at the University of Andorra in the postgraduate course in Andorran law for the year 2012/2013 (according to the contract of 8 March 2013) in the field of civil law: The purchase-sale contract.
  • Collaborator of the University of Andorra in the 2016/2017 postgraduate course in Andorran law in the field of civil procedural law: simulation of an evidentiary trial.

Other activities

  • Participation in the development of the Collection of civil and administrative legislation of the Principality of Andorra.
  • Presentation in 2013 to AESCO of the Batllia institution.
  • Presentation in 2014 at the Nostra Senyora Hospital in Meritxell on the minority.

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

If elected as a judge in Court, I do confirm to take up permanent residence in Strasbourg with my spouse and my two children.