Progress report | Doc. 14016 Addendum II | 18 April 2016

Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Author(s): 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 Strasbourg on 17 April 2016, with Mr Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), in the Chair.

2. Introduction

In accordance with previous practice and as specified in Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2002 (2014), [(1) See document AS/Cdh/Inf (2016) 01 rev 1 for details.] the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights considered the list of candidates for the post of judge to the Court in respect of Slovenia. [(2) See Appendix 1 for the list of candidates submitted by the Government concerned. The curricula vitae of candidates can be found in Assembly Doc. 13982.] 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 Slovenia, Contracting State to the European Convention on Human Rights

The Committee recommends, by a large majority, the candidature of Mr Marko BOŠNJAK as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of Slovenia [(3) See footnote 2, above.]

• Ms Nina BETETTO
• Mr Marko BOŠNJAK
• Ms Nina PERŠAK

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

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

• Mr Bernd FABRITIUS, Germany
• Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova
• Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvia
• Mr Andrej ŠIRCELJ, Slovenia
• Mr Konstantinos TZAVARAS, Greece

Socialist Group (SOC):

• Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom
• Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
• Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, Chairperson

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE):

• Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Luxembourg

European Conservatives Group (EC):

• Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL):

• Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia

Ex officio:

• Ms Elena CENTEMERO, Italy, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
• Mr Alain DESTEXHE, Belgium, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly:

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