Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Progress report | Doc. 13872 Addendum II | 21 September 2015

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 in Paris on 17 September 2015 with Mr Klaas de Vries (Netherlands, Socialist Group) in the Chair.

2 Introduction

In accordance with previous practice and as specified in Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2002 (2014) , [(1) See document AS/Cdh/Inf (2015) 02 Rev 5 for details.] the 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 the Slovak Republic. [(2) See Appendix 1 for the list of candidates submitted by the Government concerned. The curricula vitae of candidates can be found in Assembly Doc. 13861.] The committee interviewed all the candidates on 17 September 2015. A list of members of the committee who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix 2.

3 Conclusions of the committee on the lists of candidates submitted by the Slovak Republic, Contracting State to the European Convention on Human Rights

The committee recommends, by a clear majority, the candidature of Ms Alena Poláčková as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of the Slovak Republic [(3) See footnote 2, above.]

• Ms Zuzana DLUGOŠOVÁ
• Mr Ladislav DUDITŠ
• Ms Alena POLÁČKOVÁ

Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting

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

• Mr Hans FRANKEN, Netherlands
• Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine
• Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine

Socialist Group (SOC):

• Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
• Mr Daniel FLOREA, Romania
• Lord John TOMLINSON, United Kingdom
• Mr Klaas de VRIES, Netherlands, Chairperson
• Ms Nataša VUČKOVIĆ, Serbia, 3rd Vice-Chairperson

European Conservatives Group (EC):

• Mr Robert NEILL, United Kingdom

Group of the United European Left (UEL):

• Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands

Ex Officio:

• Mr James CLAPPISON, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly:

• Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
• Mr Andrew DRZEMCZEWSKI, Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department