Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 15626 Add. 2
| 12 October 2022
- 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 on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights held a meeting on Tuesday 11 October 2022 in the
morning in Strasbourg, with Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN (Romania, SOC) in
the chair.
The committee discussed the list of candidates to the Court
in respect of Denmark.Note
The committee held an exchange of views with the Minister
of Justice of Denmark, Mr Mattias TESFAYE, in respect of the reasons
why no woman was among the three shortlisted candidates.
2 Conclusions of
the committee on the list of candidates submitted by Denmark
The committee did not find “exceptional circumstances” justifying
an exception from the rule that single-sex lists are only allowed
when the candidates belong to the underrepresented sex (currently
women). It therefore invited the Assembly to reject the list and
to ask the Danish Government to present a new list of candidates including
at least one man and one woman.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted
by the Government of Denmark
- Mr Mohammad
AHSAN
- Mr Jon Esben HVAM
- Mr Ib Hounsgaard TRABJERG
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who
participated in the meeting
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
- Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine – First Vice-Chairperson
- Ms Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ, Poland
- Mr Pablo HISPÁN, Spain
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
(SOC)
- Ms Margreet De BOER,
Netherlands
- Ms Klotilda BUSHKA, Albania
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania – Chairperson
- Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus
- Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland
- Ms Arta BILALLI ZENDELI, North Macedonia
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
Europe (ALDE)
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER,
Austria – Second Vice-Chairperson
- Ms Ingvild Wetrhus THORSVIK, Norway
European Conservatives Group & Democratic
Alliance (EC/DA)
- Mr Erkin GADIRLI, Azerbaijan
- Mr Kamal JAFAROV, Azerbaijan
- Lord Richard KEEN, United Kingdom
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
- Ms Despina CHATZIVASSILIOU-TSOVILIS,
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Mark NEVILLE, Director of Committees – Democracy and
Rule of Law
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat
