Progress report | Doc. 14968 Add. 2 | 25 September 2019
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 20 September 2019 with Mr Olivier Becht (France, ALDE) (1st Vice-Chairperson), in the Chair.
2. Introduction
The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights assessed the list of the candidates to the Court
in respect of Portugal. 
3. Conclusion of the Committee on the list of candidates submitted by Portugal
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 20 September 2019.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a narrow majority, Ms Ana Maria Guerra Martins as the most qualified candidate, over Mr José Luís Lopes da Mota.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of Portugal
(open)
- Ms Ana Maria GUERRA MARTINS
- Mr José Luís LOPES DA MOTA
- Mr José António MOURAZ LOPES
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Ms Alina Ştefania GORGHIU, Romania
- Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia
- Mr Andrej ŠIRCELJ, Slovenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)
- Ms Petra BAYR, Austria
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, 2nd Vice-Chairperson, Cyprus
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Olivier BECHT, 1st Vice-Chairperson, France
- Mr Edmon MARUKYAN, Armenia
European Conservatives Group (EC)
- Sir Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat