Progress report | Doc. 14796 Add. 2 | 16 January 2019
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 11 January 2019 with Lord Donald Anderson (United Kingdom, SOC), 2nd Vice-Chairperson, in the Chair.
2. Introduction
The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights assessed the lists of the candidates to the Court
in respect of Sweden and Italy. 
3. Conclusions of the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Sweden and Italy
Sweden
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 11 January 2019.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, with an overwhelming majority, Mr Erik Wennerström as the most qualified candidate.
Italy
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 11 January 2019.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a majority, Mr Raffaele Sabato as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Sweden and Italy
(open)Sweden
- Mr Thomas BULL
- Ms Katarina PÅHLSSON
- Mr Erik WENNERSTRÖM
Italy
- Mr Antonio BALSAMO
- Ms Ida CARACCIOLO
- Mr Raffaele SABATO
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine
- Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia
- Mr Andrej ŠIRCELJ, Slovenia
- Mr Vetle Wang SOLEIM, Norway
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)
- Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, 2nd Vice-Chairperson
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Olivier BECHT, France
- Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine
European Conservatives Group (EC)
- Ms Serap YAŞAR, Turkey
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat