Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 16045 Add. 2
| 25 September 2024
- Committee
- Bureau of the Assembly
1 Report of the
Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human
Rights
The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights held a meeting in Paris on 16 September 2024, with
Ms Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) in the Chair.
The committee assessed the lists of the candidates to the
Court in respect of Cyprus, Poland, and Slovenia.Note
2 Conclusions of
the committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Cyprus, Poland,
and Slovenia
2.1 Cyprus
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 16 September
2024.
The committee recommends to the Assembly to reject the list
on substantive grounds as not all candidates fulfil the requirements
of Article 21 of the European Convention on Human Rights for election
as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights and to request
the Government of Cyprus to submit a new list of candidates.
2.2 Poland
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 16 September
2024.
The committee recommends to the Assembly, by a large majority,
Ms Anna Adamska-Gallant as the most qualified candidate.
2.3 Slovenia
The committee decided to proceed with the interviews with
the candidates during the next meeting of the committee.
Appendix 1 - Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Cyprus, Poland, and Slovenia
Cyprus
- Ms Elena EFREM
- Ms Natasa MAVRONICOLA
- Ms Marika PAPATHOMA KALLIGEROU
Poland
- Ms Anna ADAMSKA-GALLANT
- Ms Małgorzata WĄSEK-WIADEREK
- Mr Adam WIŚNIEWSKI
Slovenia
- Mr Aleš GALIČ
- Ms Vasilka SANCIN
- Mr Boštjan ZALAR
Appendix 2 - Members of the committee who
participated in the meetingNote
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
(SOC)
- Ms Petra BAYR, Austria
– Chairperson
- Ms Klotilda BUSHKA, Albania
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania
- Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus
- Mr Givi MIKANADZE, Georgia
- Ms Gala VELDHOEN, Netherlands
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Corneliu Mugurel
COZMANCIUC, Romania – First Vice Chairperson
- Mr Pablo HISPÁN, Spain
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
- Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
European Conservatives Group & Democratic
Alliance (EC/DA)
- Sir Christopher CHOPE,
United Kingdom
- Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine – Second Vice Chairperson
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Régis BERGONZI, Monaco
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria
- Ms Rian VOGELS, Netherlands
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
Ex officio members
- Lord Richard KEEN, United
Kingdom
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Ms Despina CHATZIVASSILIOU-TSOVILIS,
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat of the Committee
on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
- Mr Guillem CANO-PALOMARES, Deputy to the Head of the Secretariat
of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights
