Progress report | Doc. 13374 Addendum II | 18 December 2013
Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
1. Report of the Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
The Sub-Committee held a meeting in Paris on 11 December 2013, with Mr Klaas de VRIES, Netherlands, Socialist Group, in the Chair.
2. Introduction
In accordance with previous practice and with the decisions
the Assembly adopted in its Resolution 1200 (1999) as modified by Resolution
1646 (2009), 
the Sub-Committee on the Election
of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights held interviews
with candidates to the Court in respect of Denmark. A list of members of the Sub-Committee
who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix II.
3. Conclusion of the Sub-Committee on the list of candidates submitted by Denmark, Contracting State to the European Convention on Human Rights
The Sub-Committee recommends, by a clear majority, the candidature of Mr Jon Fridrik KJØLBRO over that of Ms Nina HOLST-CHRISTENSEN as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government
of Denmark
(open)
- Mr Karsten HAGEL-SØRENSEN
- Ms Nina HOLST-CHRISTENSEN
- Mr Jon Fridrik KJØLBRO
Appendix 2 – Members of the Sub-Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD):
Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain
Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova
Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvia
Socialist Group (SOC):
Mr Klaas de VRIES, Chairperson, Netherlands
Lord John TOMLINSON, Vice-Chairperson, United Kingdom
Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain
Ex-officio:
Mr Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly:
Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
Mr Andrew Drzemczewski, Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department