Appointment of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Communication from the Committee of Ministers
Doc. 7893
3 September 1997
The Bureau transmits herewith to the Assembly the communication from the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers regarding the candidates for the post of Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Extract from the Rules of Procedure for the appointment of the Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Clerk of the Assembly
"2. Criteria determining the choice of candidates
The following criteria shall determine the choice of candidates :
- The recruitment of persons of the highest ability and integrity and suitability for the post to be filled.
- The qualifications and experience of persons already employed by the Council of Europe shall be taken into consideration, so that members of the Secretariat may have reasonable prospects of promotion.
- The desirability of ensuring an equitable geographical allocation of appointments among nationals of the Member States subject to the overriding interests of efficiency. No office in the Secretariat shall be considered to be the prerogative of any particular Member State.
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6. Procedure in the Bureau
The proposals submitted to the Assembly by the Committee of Ministers shall be examined by the Bureau, which may summon candidates to an interview. The Bureau shall then transmit the proposals to the Assembly, indicating, if it thinks fit and where appropriate, its own order of preference and the order of preference of the Committee of Ministers with regard to the candidates.
7. Procedure in the Assembly
- The Assembly shall proceed to make the appointment.
- Voting shall be by secret ballot.
- An absolute majority of the votes cast shall be required at the first ballot and a relative majority at the second.
8. Term of office and possible re-appointment
- The three senior officials shall henceforth be appointed for a period of five years.
- Not less than six months before the expiry of the term of any such official, the procedure laid down in the preceding clauses shall be set in motion ; the official may be put forward again as a candidate in accordance with clause 1, and his term may always be renewed for a period specified in advance by agreement between the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers in the Joint Committee."
Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies to the President of the Assembly,
dated 7 July 1997
Madam,
I have the honour to send you herewith Resolution (97) 6 concerning the appointment to the post of Deputy Secretary General, which the Comittee of Ministers adopted on 3 July 1997, following the Joint Committee meeting on 26 June 1997.
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Signed:
Jacques Warin
APPENDIX I
Resolution (97) 6 on the appointment of the Deputy Secretary General
(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 3 July 1997 at the 598th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 36.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe,
Having regard to the Rules of Procedure for appointment to the posts of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Clerk of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General;
Having examined the two candidatures submitted by the Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland;
Having interviewed each of the two candidates personally;
Having consulted the representatives of the Assembly on the Joint Committee,
Decides to submit to the Assembly, for appointment to the post of Deputy Secretary General, with effect from 1 October 1997, the following candidatures, presented in alphabetical order, with the names of the governments which nominated them in brackets:
Mr Hans-Peter Furrer (Switzerland)
Mr Hans Christian Kr�ger (Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom).
APPENDIX II
1. Curriculum vitae of Hans-Peter Furrer
Director of Political Affairs Council of Europe
Born on 23 June 1936 in Lucerne (Switzerland)
Swiss Nationality (Citizen of Fl�elen/Uri)
Married to B. Regina Furrer-F�ssler
One son (Philippe Furrer, born in 1966)
STUDIES
1948-55 Disentis Secondary School (Grisons): "Maturit�" exam (University entrance level) (Baccalaureate A)
1956-60 University of Fribourg i Ue (Switzerland), Faculty of Law, Law Degree
1960-61 Central President of the Association of Swiss Students (SES — Schweizerischer Studentenverein StV)
1961-66 University Institute of Advanced International Studies (HEI) and the University of Geneva (Faculty of Law): Studied International Relations (specifically International Law), Assistant to Professor Paul Guggenheim, Research Assistant (case-law of the Permanent Court of International Justice)
CAREER AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
15.09.1966 Temporary contract at the Directorate of Legal Affairs
16.11.1966 Recruited as Administrator in the Directorate of Legal Affairs (Assistant to the Director)
01.01.1971 Head of the Central Section of the Directorate of Legal Affairs (Legal Adviser's Department and European Treaty Office)
Acting Secretary of the European Youth Foundation (1972-73)
01.02.1976 Head of Division I of the Directorate of Legal Affairs (civil and commercial law, media, intellectual property)
Secretary of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)
15.04.1980 Secretary to the Committee of Ministers and, from 1 March 1984, Deputy Director of Political Affairs
01.03.1985 Director of Political Affairs
Languages: French, English, German (mother tongue)
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
1978-90 University of Strasbourg, Institute of Political Studies, Course on International Organisations
1981-90 University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Law: Course (Masters Degree in International Law) on the law of international organisations
PUBLICATIONS
R�pertoire des d�cisions et des documents de la proc�dure �crite et orale de la Cour Permanente de Justice internationale et de la Cour internationale de Justice, S�rie I, Vol. 2, Les sources du droit international (coauteur), Gen�ve 1967.
La protection juridictionnelle du particulier au sein des Organisations internationales, in: La protection juridictionnelle contre l'ex�cutif, Vol. 2, K�ln 1969, pp. 1217-1258.
Entscheidungen des Europ�ischen Gerichtshofes f�r Menschenrechte (Deutsche �bersetzung) (Mitherausgeber), Band 1, 2 und 3, K�ln 1970, 1972 und 1976.
Europ�ische Entwicklungstendenzen im Strafrecht, in: Deutsche Sektion der Inernationalen Juristen-Kommission, Ausgew�hlte Vortr�ge, Baden-Baden 1971, pp. 7-23.
D�cisions de la Cour Permanente de Justice Internationale (No. B6, A6, A7, A12, A13 et A17), in: Pr�cis de la jurisprudence de la Cour internationale, Vol. I, Cour Permanente de Justice internationale (�d. par K. Marek), La Haye 1974, pp. 50-67, 185-311.
Changing Patterns of Institutional Arrangements, in: Creating the Future, International Environmental Symposium, Spokane (Wash., USA), October 1974, ed. Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus (Ohio) 1975, pp. 16-25.
La pratique des �tats membres du Conseil de l'Europe, in: La circulation des informations et le droit international, Soci�t� fran�aise pour le Droit international, Colloque de Strasbourg, 2-4 juin 1977, Paris 1978, pp. 65-85.
La torture et le droit international particulier applicable en temps de paix: la Convention europ�enne des droits de l'homme, in: Internationale Konventionen gegen die Folter (Hrsg.: Alois Riklin), Bern 1979, pp. 69-78.
Medien und V�lkerrecht — �berlegungen zu einigen aktuellen Problemen mit Bezug auf die Arbeiten des Europarats zu Medienfragen, in: Archiv des V�lkerrechts, 21. Band. 1. Heft, 1983, T�bingen, pp. 37-59.
La contribution du Conseil de l'Europe � la construction europ�enne, in: Les organisations internationales contemporaines, Soci�t� fran�aise pour le Droit international, Colloque de Strasbourg, 21-23 mai 1987, Paris 1988, pp. 281-321.
La Suisse et le Conseil de l'Europe, in: Neues Handbuch der schweizerischen Aussenpolitik, 1992, pp. 425-447.
L'Europe et les "antinomies" du f�d�ralisme, in: Du personnalisme au f�d�ralisme europ�en, en hommage � Denis de Rougement, Centre europ�en de la Culture, 1989, pp. 211-214.
The Federal Structure of the Russian Federation and the implementation of the principles of a pluralist democracy, the rule of law and human rights, in: Conference on Federalism, Moscow 15-18 February 1994, Proceedings pp. 67-71, 239-248 (Council of Europe Publications, also published in Russian by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation).
The Concept of Democratic Security and its Implementation by the Council of Europe, together with Jutta G�tzkow, Romanian Journal of International Affairs, Bucharest, Supplement 1996, pp. 25-35 and pp. 257-264 (conclusions du s�minaire international sur le concept de s�curit� d�mocratique, Bucarest, 21-23 May 1996).
2. Curriculum vitae of Hans Christian Kr�ger
Born 11 January 1935 in Berlin, married, two daughters
1951-52 Plymouth, Michigan, USA: studies under a student exchange programme, organised by the State Department in collaboration with Michigan Rotary Clubs
1954 Abitur in Berlin
1954 Law studies, University of Hamburg
1954-59 Studies at the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, then Law School, University of Michigan, USA
1959 Degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Juris Doctor
1959-62 Law studies, University of Munich
1962 First State Examination (Referendar)
1962-66 Traineeship in law, Bavaria. Part-time work as legal adviser in a Munich trust company concerned with trusteeship work for motion picture companies
1966 Second State Examination (Assessor)
1966-76 Legal Officer in the Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights
1976 to present Secretary to the European Commission of Human Rights 1985-93
1997 to present Member of the Transfers and Promotions Panel of the Council of Europe
1993 to present Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the Council of Europe