Doc. 9639

13 December 2002

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Spain

(in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 11 December 2002

Dear President,

      Pursuant to the decisions of the Ministers’ Deputies of which I enclose a copy, I have the honour to transmit to you the list of candidates for the post of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Spain.

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Signed:

Walter SCHWIMMER

Decision of Ministers' Deputies

821st meeting – 11 December 2002

Item 4.4

European Court of Human Rights -
Presentation of a new list of candidates for the election of a judge in respect of Spain
(CM(2002)193)

Decisions

The Deputies

1.       took note of a new list of candidates for the election of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, presented in respect of Spain;

2.       agreed to transmit the said list of candidates to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.

TRANSLATION

The Ambassador, Permanent Representative

of Spain to the Council of Europe

Strasbourg, 29 November 2002

Mr Walter Schwimmer

Secretary General of the Council of Europe

STRASBOURG

Dear Secretary General,

I have the honour to transmit the decision of the Government of Spain to withdraw the list of candidates communicated by letters of 20 March 2002 and 12 July 2002, and to present a new list of candidates to replace the Spanish Judge to the Council of Europe’s Court of Human Rights, Professor Pastor Ridruejo who will be retiring shortly.

The new list mentioned above, in the order of preference of the Government, is composed of:

- Mr Francisco Javier Borrego-Borrego

- Mr Manuel Rivero Gonzàlez

- Mr Felix G. Fernández-Shaw Toda

Yours sincerely,

Guillermo Kirkpatrick

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM VITAE

FRANCISCO JAVIER BORREGO BORREGO

1.       PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname, first name:       Borrego Borrego, Francisco Javier

Sex:       Male

Date and place

of birth:       21 September 1949, Seville, Spain

Nationality:       Spanish

      Married, has three children

II.       EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Laws (June 1970), Complutense University, Madrid (Awarded the Special Colegio del Pilar Prize for qualifications obtained through university study)

Qualified as a Social Affairs Court Registrar in a 1972 competitive examination

Passed a competitive examination in 1976 to qualify as a Public Prosecutor

III.       RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

i.       From 1972 to 1976 : Registrar to the Cuenca Social Affairs Court

ii.       From 1976 onwards, as a Public Prosecutor, worked in the State Legal Service (Abogacía del Estado), Castellón, Cuenca, and Téruel, in the Abogacía del Estado at the Madrid Law Courts, in the Abogacía del Estado at the Central Economic/Administrative Court, and in the Abogacía del Estado at the Court of Auditors.

iii.       Since 1990, Public Prosecutor/Head of Spain’s Human Rights Legal Service (Abogacía del Estado) responsible for cases at the European Court of Human Rights and in other international Human Rights bodies.

      Since 1990, Agent of the Kingdom of Spain at the European Court of Human Rights.

IV.       ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD

1.       Domestically, in Spain

i.       As Chief Public Prosecutor, has provided information about human rights as requested by constitutional, judicial and administrative bodies.

ii.       Participates, as guest professor and lecturer, in many seminars and legal lectures on human rights at the following universities:

- Complutense de Madrid

- Europea de Madrid, CEES

- Seville

- Ramón Llull (ESADE), Barcelona

- Granada

- Pampluna

- Navarra

- Cantabria

- the Balearic Islands

- Alicante

- Former Oñati (Guipuzcoa)

- King Juan Carlos, Madrid

- Alcalà de Henares

- Jaime I, Castellón

- La Laguna, Tenerife

- Menéndez y Pelayo, Santander

- Menéndez y Pelayo, Valencia

- Castilla-La Mancha

and others.

iii.       When time permits, also gives lectures on human rights and their domestic and international protection during training courses attended by:

- Lawyers, at the Madrid, Murcia, Saragossa and other Bars

- Judges, at the Judicial Service Commission (Consejo General del Poder Judicial)

- Representatives of the public prosecution service at the Centre for Legal Studies of the Administration of Justice

- Diplomats, at Madrid's Diplomatic College

- Members of the police and Civil Guard, at the Ministry of the Interior

-Public Prosecutors, as part of courses organised by the Directorate General of the State Legal Service (Abogacía General del Estado).

iv.       And at other institutions, such as the Red Cross in Soria (international humanitarian law), the Autonomous City of Melilla (minorities in democratic and multicultural society), etc.

2.       At the European Union

Participation in activities and studies relating to the possible ratification by the European Community of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Moderator at the Round Table on accelerated asylum procedures within the European Union, Seville, November 1995.

Rapporteur at the ASEM seminar on human rights and the rule of law, presenting a report on specific regional and local aspects, Lund (Sweden), December 1997.

Participant in the ASEM and People's Republic of China seminar on capital punishment, Paris, 2000.

Participant in the Round Table on the future solution of conflicts of jurisdiction at the seminar on conflicts of criminal jurisdiction between member states of the European Union, held in Madrid, in May 2002.

3.       At the Council of Europe

i.       Committees

Member until 1992 of the Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Regional or Minority Languages in Europe (CAHLR); also played an active part in the drafting of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Member until 1994 of the Committee of Experts for the Protection of National Minorities (DH-MIN), playing an active part in activities in this sphere.

Expert member of the Ad hoc Committee for the Protection of National Minorities (CAHMIN), playing an active part in the drafting of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

Member since 1990 of the Committee of Experts for the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (DH-PR), playing an active part in its activities, especially in the drafting of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention.

Member since 1990 of the Committee of Experts for the Development of Human Rights (DH-DEV), playing an active part in its activities, particularly in the drafting of Protocols Nos. 12 and 13 to the Convention.

Member since 1990 of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH). Member of the CDDH Bureau for two successive terms of office (from 1997 to 2000), on both occasions elected unanimously. Played an active part in the committee's plenary sessions and working groups as well as, recently (November 2001), in the Group of Specialists on Human Rights and the Fight against Terrorism (DH-S-TER).

Has also worked as a liaison officer with the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).

ii.       Commission and Court

Since 1990, Agent of the Kingdom of Spain to the European Commission and Court of Human Rights. As Agent, has represented the Kingdom of Spain as a Contracting Party to the (Commission) and Court, constantly providing information about the facts of cases and domestic law.

As Agent of the Kingdom of Spain, has played an active part in the meetings between Agents and the Court. Also took an active role in the recent seminar held in Strasbourg in September 2002, "Partners for the Protection of Human Rights: reinforcing interaction between the European Court of Human Rights and national courts".

iii.       Other

In April 1997, took part as an expert in the Oviedo (Asturias) ceremony at which the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine was opened for signature.

Took part as an expert in the Summits of heads of state and government of Council of Europe member states held in 1993 in Vienna and in 1997 in Strasbourg, as well as in the ministerial conference held in Rome in the year 2000 to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.

4.       In America

At the invitation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the American Convention on Human Rights, played an active part in the seminar on the Inter-American system of human rights protection, held in San José, Costa Rica, in March 1996.

5.       At the United Nations

Personally responsible for the drafting and submission of the Reports of the Kingdom of Spain to the respective committees required under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture, etc.

Has provided the information requested from the Kingdom of Spain by various United Nations groups and rapporteurs, such as the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, and the rapporteurs on torture, on the independence of judges and lawyers, on freedom of expression, etc.

Has played an active part in human rights colloquies and seminars at the United Nations, especially within the framework of the meetings and activities relating to the drafting of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

VI.       PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND DISTINCTIONS

Gobernador (= Prefect) of Orense from 1980 to 1982, under the UCD (Union of the Democratic Centre) government.

Cross of Military Merit 1st class, awarded by the Ministry of Defence in 1983 for conduct within the Gobierno Civil (Prefecture) of Orense on 23 February 1982 (attempted coup d’état).

Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort for legal merit, awarded by the Minister of Justice in 1994 for career as a Public Prosecutor.

VII.       OTHER ACTIVITIES

Chairman of the Cuenca Red Cross from 1983 to 1988. Gave assistance to the President of the League of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the late Mr Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga.

Chairman of the Public Prosecutors’ Association from 1987 to 1991.

Member of the Board of the state-owned company, Barcelona Holding Olimpico S.A., duties which terminated after the 1992 Olympic Games.

Currently Secretary to the Board of the state-owned company Paradores de Turismo de España S.A.

VIII. WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS

My writings and lectures, mostly on the subject of human rights, are published in official and university periodicals and journals (available on request). Among them, I should like to highlight the eight publications listed below:

-« Convention pour la Protection des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertés fondamentales », année LII, supplément au numéro 1830, décembre 1998. bulletin d'information du Ministère de la Justice,

- Cahiers de Droit Judiciaire, jurisprudence de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme, Conseil Général de la Magistrature, Madrid 1993.

- Cahiers de Droit Judiciaire, jurisprudence de la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme, Il, Conseil Général de la Magistrature, Madrid 1995.

- Europako Giza Eskubide Auzitegiaren Legeria. (Jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme), département de Justice du Gouvernement Basque et Conseil Général de la Magistrature. Vitoria-Gasteiz 1993.

- « La Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme, composition et fonctions. Divers types de procédures. Démarches », Etudes juridiques, Ministère Public, Centre d'Etudes juridiques de l'Administration de la Justice, Ministère de la Justice 2000.

- « Etude des décisions d'irrecevabilité de la Cour européenne des. Droits de l'Homme ». Idem.

- Droit International, Annales de la Direction Générale du Service Juridique de l’Etat, 1998-1999 - Ministère de la Justice.

- Vers une justice internationale». La nouvelle Cour européenne des Droits de l'Homme et autres organes internationaux de protection des Droits de l'Homme. XXIe Journées d'Etude. 1999, Abogacía General del Estado. Editorial Civitas, S.A.

IX.       LANGUAGES

Spanish: mother tongue

French: Accurate reading, writing and speaking knowledge of what is my main working language

English: good knowledge

X.       If elected to the office of Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, I shall take up permanent residence in Strasbourg.

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM VITAE

MANUEL RIVERO GONZALEZ

I. CIVIL STATUS

Name:       Manuel

Surname:       Rivero González

Date and place of birth:       11 June 1958, Santander (Spain)

Nationality:        Spanish

II.       UNIVERSITY DIPLOMAS

-       Law studies at the University of Valladolid (1975-1980)

-       Studies giving access to the Spanish Bar (Ministry of Justice) 1980-1986. Lawyer with the Spanish Bar since 1986.

III.       PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

-       State barrister in the Madrid Courts (1986-1987), and at the General Sub-Directorate of the State Litigation Services (1987-1990); General Sub-Director of the Research Unit at the State Legal Service (1990-1993); General Sub-Director of the State Litigation Services from 1993 to the present.

IV.        ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD

- Restricted to litigation concerning fundamental rights.

V - POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

None

VI - OTHER ACTIVITIES

      Some consultative work in public companies, and conferences and academic activities on legal issues, particularly at the National Institute for Public Administration, Madrid.

VII – WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS

- « La Constitución como norma fundamental del ordenamiento ; trascendencia jurídico-positiva del artículo 9.1 CE », dans « El Título Preliminar de la Constitución » (œuvre collective). Ministerio de Justicia. Madrid, 1988.

- « Los principios de igualdad ante la Ley y de seguridad jurídica ; su proyección sobre el proceso contencioso-administrativo », dans « El principio de igualdad en la Constitución Española », oeuvre collective,. Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, 1991.

- « Derecho de petición y acceso a la jurisdicción », dans « Derechos fundamentales y libertades públicas, Il », oeuvre collective. Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, 1993.

- « Consideraciones en torno a los pronunciamientos jurisprudenciales acerca de la responsabilidad del Estado legislador en España. Documentación Jurídica, n° 63 Julio-Septiembre 1989.

- « Procedures administratives de préparation et mise en œuvre des décisions communautaires. Le cas de l’Espagne ». Collaboration dans un ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Spyros A. Pappas. Institut Européen d’Administration Publique. Maastricht, 1994.

- « Derecho Comunitario Europeo y bloque de la constitucionalidad », dans « La Constitución Española y el ordenamiento comunitario europeo », ouvrage collectif. Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, 1995.

- « Defensa de Functionarios Públicos ante la Jurisdicción Penal », Boletín de información de la Dirección General del Servicio Juridico del Estado. N° 2. Madrid, 1996.

- Participant à l’oeuvre « Comentarios a la Ley de la Jurisdicción Contencioso-administrativa de 1998 ». Ed. Aranzadi. Pamplona, 1999. Deuxième édition. Pamplona, 2001.

- Participant à l’œuvre « comentarios a la Ley de Régimen Jurídico de las Administraciones Publicas ». Ed. Aranzadi. Pamplona, 2000. Deuxième édition, Pamplona, 2002.

VIII. - LANGUAGE SKILLS

a) Mother tongue: Spanish

b) French: excellent

c) English: good

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM VITAE

FELIX G. FERNÁNDEZ-SHAW TODA

1.       PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth:       20.8.1968

Nationality:       Spanish

      Married, two children

Work address:       Ministry of Justice

      C/San Bernardo 45

      28071 - Madrid

Telephone:       +3491.390.2402

E-mail:       [email protected]

2.       EDUCATION

Degree in law and legal advice for companies (June 1991), Pontificia de Comillas University, Madrid

3.       PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of the Spanish Diplomatic Service, by competitive examination, since 1993. Embassy First Secretary.

Member of the Spanish Delegation to the OSCE and of EU working groups on the OSCE (January 1994-July 1994).

Spanish Embassy in Bucharest (August 1994-August 1997). Head of Consular Section. OSCE observer for the Romanian presidential elections in 1996.

Directorate General of Security and Disarmament (August 1997-July 2000)

•       Disarmament: representative of Spain in the negotiations on adaptation of the CFE Treaty and in the EU working groups on NATO, in the negotiations on the Landmine Treaty, at meetings of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and in non-proliferation and arms control groups in general.

Spanish inspector for conventional disarmament.

•       Security: in charge of work on the creation and development of the Common European Security and Defence Policy (CESDP), in Madrid and Brussels, both in technical groups and as chief adviser to the Political Director in the Political Committee and the Political and Security Committee.

Diplomatic Adviser at the Ministry of Justice (July 2000-…)

•       Preparation of the Minister’s international agenda and member of his delegation on his visits to Europe, America and bilateral summits.

•       Monitoring of European Union activities in justice affairs and member of the Spanish delegation headed by the minister to the European Union. Specific monitoring of activities relating to mutual recognition of judicial decisions and harmonisation of substantive law.

•       Principal negotiator for Spain’s fast-track extradition treaties with Italy and the United Kingdom and member of the delegation to negotiate the European Arrest Warrant.

•       Co-ordinator of the Spanish delegation in the Hispano-French bilateral working group to strengthen judicial co-operation.

•       Member of the Spanish delegation at the Council of Europe’s 14th Conference of Ministers of Justice, in Moscow, October 2001.

Elected Secretary General of the Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Ibero-American countries at the 13th Conference, in Lima (July 2002-)

4.       ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

•       Diplomatic School dissertation, 1993: “The international responsibility of states for damage to the environment”

•       Lectures:

5.       KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

SPANISH:       Mother tongue

ENGLISH:       Working language, spoken and written

FRENCH:       Working language, spoken and written

ROMANIAN:       Good knowledge