Progress report | Doc. 14529 Add. 2 | 18 April 2018
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 Paris on 12 April 2018 with Lord Donald Anderson (United Kingdom, SOC), 2nd Vice-Chairperson, then Mr Valeriu Ghiletchi (Republic of Moldova, 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 Montenegro and Turkey.
3. Conclusions of the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Montenegro and Turkey
Montenegro
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 12 April 2018.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a majority, Ms Ivana Jelić as the most qualified candidate, over Ms Mirjana Popović.
Turkey
The Committee decided to postpone the consideration of this list to a later meeting.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Montenegro and Turkey
(open)Montenegro
- Ms Ivana JELIĆ
- Ms Mirjana POPOVIĆ
- Mr Boris SAVIĆ
Turkey
- Mr Selami KURAN
- Ms Selma ÖZTÜRK PINAR
- Mr Necati POLAT
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting
(open)Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, Chairperson
- Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)
- Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, 2nd Vice-Chairperson
- Ms Petra BAYR, Austria
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus
- Mr Evangelos VENIZELOS, Greece
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Luxembourg
- Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine
European Conservatives Group (EC)
- Mr Kostiantyn USOV, Ukraine
- Ms Serap YAŞAR, Turkey
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat