Progress report | Doc. 13668 Addendum II | 20 January 2015

Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Bureau of the Assembly

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 15 January 2015, with Lord Tomlinson (United Kingdom, Socialist Group) in the Chair.

2. Introduction

In accordance with previous practice and with the decisions the Parliamentary Assembly adopted in its Resolution 1200 (1999) as modified by Resolution 1646 (2009), [(1) See document AS/Jur/Inf (2014) 03 rev 5 for details.] the Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights assessed the qualifications of the candidates to the Court in respect of Bulgaria and Serbia. [(2) See Appendix 1 for the list of candidates submitted by the governments concerned. A full list and the curricula vitae of the candidates can be found in Assembly Docs. 13652 and 13667.] A list of members of the sub-committee who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix 2.

3. Conclusions of the sub-committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Bulgaria and Serbia, Contracting States to the European Convention on Human Rights

3.1. Bulgaria

The sub-committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2015.

Following interviews with the candidates (in alphabetical order), the sub-committee, by an overwhelming majority, recommends the candidature of Mr Yonko GROZEV, as the most qualified candidate.

3.2. Serbia

The sub-committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2015.

Following interviews with the candidates (in alphabetical order), the sub-committee, by an overwhelming majority, recommends the candidature of Mr Branko LUBARDA, as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Bulgaria and Serbia [(3) See footnote 2 above.]

Bulgaria

• Mr Yonko GROZEV
• Ms Tanya KUTSAROVA-HRISTOVA
• Mr Viktor SOLOVEYTCHIK

Serbia

• Mr Branko LUBARDA
• Mr Branko RAKIĆ
• Ms Spomenka ZARIĆ

Appendix 2 – Members of the sub-committee who participated in the meeting

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD):

• Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain
• Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey

Socialist Group (SOC):

• Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
• Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain
• Mr Michael McNAMARA, Ireland
• Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland
• Lord John TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, Chairperson
• Mr Klaas de VRIES, Netherlands
• Ms Nataša VUČKOVIĆ, Serbia

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

• Ms Alina GORGHIU, Romania

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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly:

• Mr Andrew Drzemczewski, Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department