Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 16096 Add. 2
| 22 January 2025
- 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 in Paris on 13 and 14 January 2025,
with Ms Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) in the Chair.
The committee assessed the lists of the candidates to the
Court in respect of Slovenia, Armenia, and Andorra.Note
2 Conclusions of
the committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Slovenia,
Armenia, and Andorra
2.1 Slovenia
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 13 January
2025.
The committee recommends to the Assembly, by a narrow majority,
Ms Vasilka Sancin as the most qualified candidate, over Mr Aleš
Galič.
2.2 Armenia
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 13 January
2025.
The committee recommends to the Assembly, by a large majority,
Mr Vahe Grigoryan as the most qualified candidate.
2.3 Andorra
The committee interviewed all the candidates on 14 January
2025.
The committee recommends to the Assembly, by a very large
majority, Ms Canòlic Mingorance Cairat as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Slovenia, Armenia, and Andorra
Slovenia
- Mr Aleš GALIČ
- Ms Vasilka SANCIN
- Mr Boštjan ZALAR
Armenia
- Mr Vahe GRIGORYAN
- Ms Nora KARAPETYAN
- Ms Anna MARGARYAN
Andorra
- Ms Saïda EL BOUDOUHI
- Ms Canòlic MINGORANCE CAIRAT
- Ms Patricia QUILLACQ
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
- Ms Gala VELDHOEN, Netherlands
Group of the European People's
Party (EPP/CD)
- Ms Regina
BASTOS, Portugal
- Mr Pablo HISPÁN, Spain
- Ms Belén HOYO, Spain
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
- Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
European Conservatives Group &
Democratic Alliance (EC/DA)
- Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine – Second Vice Chairperson
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
for Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Régis
BERGONZI, Monaco
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria
- Ms Elena-Simona SPĂTARU, Romania
Group of the Unified European
Left (UEL)
- Mr Berdan
ÖZTÜRK, Türkiye
Ex officio member
- Lord Richard KEEN, United Kingdom
Secretariat of the Parliamentary
Assembly
- Ms Despina
CHATZIVASSILIOU, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Ms Sonia SIRTORI, Director of Committees – Democracy and
Rule of Law
- 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
