Progress report | Doc. 13813 Addendum II | 15 June 2015

Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Bureau of the Assembly

1. Report of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

The committee held a meeting in Paris on 9 and 10 June 2015 with Mr Klaas de Vries (Netherlands, Socialist Group) in the Chair.

2. Introduction

In accordance with previous practice and as specified in Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2002 (2014), the 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 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Luxembourg and Monaco. The committee interviewed all the candidates on 9 and 10 June 2015. A list of members of the committee who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix 2.

3. Conclusions of the committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Luxembourg and Monaco, Contracting States to the European Convention on Human Rights

3.1. Armenia

The committee recommends, by a narrow majority, the candidature of Mr Armen HARUTYUNYAN, over that of the candidature of Ms Liana HAKOBYAN, as the most qualified candidate.

3.2. Azerbaijan

As none of the candidates are sufficiently well-qualified, the committee recommends that the list be rejected by the Assembly and that the Government of Azerbaijan be requested to submit a new list of candidates.

3.3. Latvia

The committee recommends, by a clear majority, the candidature of Mr Mārtiņš MITS, over that of Ms Daiga REZEVSKA, as the most qualified candidate.

3.4. Luxembourg

The committee recommends, with an overwhelming majority, the candidature of Mr Georges RAVARANI as the most qualified candidate.

3.5. Monaco

The committee recommends, with an overwhelming majority, the candidature of Ms Stéphanie MOUROU-VIKSTRÖM as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Luxembourg and Monaco

(open)

Armenia

Mr Arayik GHAZARYAN

Ms Liana HAKOBYAN

Mr Armen HARUTYUNYAN

Azerbaijan

Ms Aygün ABDULLAYEVA

Ms Vüsalə BAXIŞOVA

Mr Çingiz ƏSGƏROV

Latvia

Mr Artūrs KUČS

Mr Mārtiņš MITS

Ms Daiga REZEVSKA

Luxembourg

Ms Marie-Jeanne KAPPWEILER

Mr François MOYSE

Mr Georges RAVARANI

Monaco

Ms Anne-Marie LE POURHIET

Ms Stéphanie MOUROU-VIKSTRÖM

Mr Eric SENNA

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

(open)

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

Titular members:

Mr Hans FRANKEN, Netherlands

Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova

Ms Arpine HOVHANNISYAN, Armenia

Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine

Alternates:

Mr Agustín CONDE, Spain

Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine

Ms Inese LĪBINA-EGNERE, Latvia

Socialist Group (SOC):

Titular members:

Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia

Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia

Mr Pierre-Yves Le BORGN, France

Lord John TOMLINSON, United Kingdom

Mr Klaas de VRIES, Netherlands, Chairperson

Ms Nataša VUČKOVIĆ, Serbia

Alternates:

Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain

Mr Daniel FLOREA, Romania

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE):

Titular member:

Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain

Alternate:

Ms De PIETRO, Italy

European Conservatives Group (EC):

Titular member:

Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland

Ex officio:

Ms Gülsün BİLGEHAN, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination

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