Progress report | Doc. 13945 Addendum II | 15 January 2016
Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
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 12 January 2016, with Ms Cristina De Pietro (Italy, ALDE), 1st Vice-Chairperson, then Mr Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), 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
Cyprus. The Committee interviewed all the
candidates on 12 January 2016. A list of members of the Committee
who participated in the meeting can be found in Appendix 2.
3. Conclusion of the Committee on the list of candidates submitted by Cyprus, Contracting State to the European Convention on Human Rights
The Committee recommends, by a large majority, the candidature of Mr Georgios A. Serghides as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted
by the Government of Cyprus
(open)
- Ms Elena EFREM
- Mr Costakis PARASKEVA
- Mr Georgios A. SERGHIDES
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)Socialist Group (SOC):
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN’, France
- Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE):
- Ms Cristina DE PIETRO, Italy
- Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL):
- Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia
Ex Officio:
- Ms Gülsün BİLGEHAN, Turkey, 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