Progress report | Doc. 13307 Addendum II | 30 September 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 Strasbourg on 29 September 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 Romania. 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 Romania, Contracting State to the European Convention on Human Rights
The Sub-Committee recommends, by a large majority, the candidature of Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of Romania
(open)– Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC
– Mr Tudor PANȚÎRU
– Mr Ioan Florin STRETEANU
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
Mr Kimmo SASI, Finland
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
Mr Philippe MAHOUX, Belgium
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE):
Ms Mailis REPS, Estonia
Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain
European Democrat Group (EDG):
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 Andrew DRZEMCZEWSKI, Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department