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Doc. 7985
15 January 1998
Election of members of the new European Court of Human Rights
Communication
Committee of Ministers
Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the Assembly, dated 27 November 1997
Madam,
I have the honour to recall that following the deposit of the last ratification required for the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights, made by the Italian Government on 1 October 1997, I invited the contracting parties to submit lists of candidates with a view to the election of judges of the new Court, which will take up its functions on 1 November 1998.
Article 22, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights as amended by Protocol No. 11 thereto provides that "The judges shall be elected by the Parliamentary Assembly with respect to each High Contracting Party by a majority of votes cast from a list of three candidates nominated by the High Contracting Party".
In addition I recall that Article 23, paragraphs 1 and 2, provide as follows:
1. “The judges shall be elected for a period of six years. They may be re-elected. However, the terms of office of one-half of the judges elected at the first election shall expire at the end of three years.2;
2; The judges whose terms of office are to expire at the end of the initial period of three years shall be chosen by lot by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe immediately after their election.”
At the 609bis meeting of the Deputies (26-27 November 1997) the Committee of Ministers took note of the lists of candidates presented in respect of Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.
The Committee of Ministers also decided to transmit these lists of candidates to the Parliamentary Assembly.
The lists of candidates, together with their curricula vitae, are contained in document CM (98) 188 Addendum, enclosed. Translations of those curricula vitae which are presented in only one of the official languages will be communicated to the Office of the Clerk of the Assembly shortly.
With regard to those High Contracting Parties whose lists of candidates have not yet been communicated to me, I hope it will be possible to transmit them to you in time for their inclusion in the electoral procedures foreseen by your Assembly.
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(Signed) Daniel Tarschys
Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the Assembly, dated 10 December 1997
Madam,
Further to my letter dated 27 November 1997, I have the honour to transmit to you the list of candidates in respect of Ukraine with a view to the election of judges of the new Court of Human Rights, which will take up its functions on 1 November 1998.
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(Signed) Daniel Tarschys
Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the Assembly, dated 23 December 1997
Madam,
Further to my letters of 27 November and 10 December, I have the honour to transmit to you the lists of candidates in respect of Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, with a view to the election of judges of the new European Court of Human Rights, which will take up its functions on 1 November 1997.
Of the existing Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights, only Liechtenstein and Slovenia have not yet submitted lists of candidates.
(Signed) Daniel Tarschys
N.B. The curriculum vitae of the judges are appended to this document as follows:
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