Progress report | Doc. 15213 Add. 2 | 20 January 2021

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 by videoconference on 15 January 2021 with Mr Volker Ullrich (Germany, EPP/CD), 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 Switzerland and Greece.

3. Conclusions of the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Switzerland and Greece

Switzerland

The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2021.

The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by an overwhelming majority, Mr Andreas Zünd as the most qualified candidate.

Greece

The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 15 January 2021.

The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a clear majority, Mr Ioannis Ktistakis as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Switzerland and Greece

(open)

Switzerland

Ms Marianne RYTER

Mr Nicolas von WERDT

Mr Andreas ZÜND

Greece

Mr Ioannis KTISTAKIS

Ms Photini PAZARTZIS

Mr Michail PIKRAMENOS

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

(open)

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

Mr Jason AZZOPARDI, Malta

Mr Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland

Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS, Greece

Mr Attila TILKI, Hungary

Mr Volker ULLRICH, Chairperson, Germany

Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia

Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine

Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)

Ms Margreet De BOER, Netherlands

Ms Klotilda BUSHKA, Albania

Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, 2nd Vice-Chairperson, Romania

Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus

Mr Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Georgia

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

Mr Dimitri HOUBRON, France

Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria

Mr Edmon MARUKYAN, Armenia

European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA)

Sir Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom

Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine

Mr Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Denmark

Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)

Mr Georgios KATROUGKALOS, Greece

Ex Officio

Ms Petra BAYR, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Austria

Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Latvia

Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat