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. [(1) See Appendix 1 for the lists of candidates submitted by the governments concerned. The full lists and curricula vitae of candidates can be found in Assembly documents: Doc. 15671 (Iceland) and Doc. 15670 (Denmark).]

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 meeting [(2) Not all members of the committee participated in the vote.]

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