Progress report | Doc. 15318 Add. 2 | 16 June 2021
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 a hybrid manner in Paris on 11 June 2021, morning sitting (from 9 am to 12.30 pm) with Mr Volker Ullrich (Germany, EPP/CD), in the Chair.
2. Introduction
The Committee assessed the list of the candidates to the Court in respect of Croatia.
3. Conclusions of the Committee on the list of candidates submitted by Croatia
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 11 June 2021.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a majority, Mr Davor Derenčinović as the most qualified candidate, over Ms Lovorka Kušan.
Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of Croatia
(open)
- Mr Davor DERENČINOVIĆ
- Ms Lovorka KUŠAN
- Mr Marin MRČELA
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)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 Andrej SZEJNA, Poland
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Jason AZZOPARDI, Malta
- Ms Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER, Austria
- Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia
- Mr Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Chairperson, Germany
- Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Fabien GOUTTEFARDE, France
- Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria
- Ms Emilie Enger MEHL, Norway
European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA)
- Mr Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom
- Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Mr George KATROUGALOS, 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
- Ms Despina CHATZIVASSILIOU-TSOVILIS, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat