27/04/2010 Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting this week in plenary session in Strasbourg, today elected Ganna Yudkivska as judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Ukraine.
Mrs Yudkivska, having obtained an absolute majority of votes cast, is elected a judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office of six years starting as of the date of taking up office and in any event not later than three months as from 27 April 2010. When Protocol 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights comes into force on 1 June 2010, this term of office will be extended ipso jure to a period of nine years.
Judges are elected by PACE from a list of three candidates nominated by each State which has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights.