Communication | Doc. 13745 | 08 April 2015

Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights{In accordance with Article 22 of the European Convention on Human Rights.}

List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Luxembourg

Author(s): Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

1. List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Luxembourg

Letter from Ms Michèle Eisenbarth, Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Council of Europe, to Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 19 February 2015

[…]

I have the honour to transmit herewith the three candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Luxembourg. These are, in alphabetical order:

Ms Marie-Jeanne KAPPWEILER

Mr François MOYSE

Mr Georges RAVARANI

[…]

Information on national selection procedure for the position of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Luxembourg's national selection procedure was largely based on the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers on the selection of candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights, dated 28 March 2012, and the explanatory memorandum thereto, which includes good practice examples from other Council of Europe member States.

1) Call for applications

On 13 September 2014 a call for applications was published in the country's three principal daily newspapers, namely “Luxemburger Wort”, “Tageblatt” and “le Journal”, and on 19 September 2014 the same call for applications was published in the weekly newspaper “Letzebuerger Land”.

The call for applications was also published on the website of the Ministry of Justice and in the Luxembourg Official Gazette (Mémorial B No. 93 of 16 September 2014).

In addition it was distributed by email to the Luxembourg bar associations and the judiciary.

It was worded as follows:

“Election of the judge in respect of Luxembourg at the European Court of Human Rights

Call for applications

To permit the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to elect the new judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Luxembourg during the first six months of 2015, the Luxembourg government has been invited to submit a list of three candidates to the Secretariat of the Council of Europe.

The present call for applications is based in particular on the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the selection of candidates for posts of judge of the European Court of Human Rights, dated 28 March 2012. The judge's term of office will begin on 1 November 2015 and last nine years, or until he/she reaches the age of 70. This term is non-renewable (Article 23.2 of the Convention). It is recommended that candidates should be able to hold office for at least half of the nine-year term before reaching 70 years of age.

Applicants should be aware that they will also be called upon to perform the duties of judge of the European Tribunal in matters of State Immunity, which is composed inter alia of members of the European Court of Human Rights.

Applicants must:

Be legal specialists who, in accordance with Article 21.1 of the Convention, are of high moral character and possess the qualifications required for appointment to high judicial office or are of recognised competence;

Have practical legal experience and knowledge of the Luxembourg legal system and of public international law, notably in the field of human rights;

Be proficient in the national language and in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe (English or French) and possess at least a passive knowledge of the other. Proficiency in both official languages of the Council of Europe will be considered an advantage.

The Committee of Ministers asks governments to promote a gender balance when drawing up national lists of candidates for election to the European Court of Human Rights. The Luxembourg government attaches particular importance to producing a list including both sexes.

Candidates must not engage in any activity which is incompatible with the demands of independence, impartiality and availability required for holding full-time office as a judge.

Applications will be referred to a national selection committee, which will invite applicants satisfying the criteria to an interview, during which it will assess not only their qualifications and experience and their legal and linguistic abilities, but also their capacity to perform judicial functions within a collegial body, including their managerial ability. Interviews will take place at the Ministry of Justice in Luxembourg between 20 October and 16 November 2014.

A list of three candidates will be forwarded by the government to the Council of Europe Secretariat, which will submit it to the Advisory Panel of the Council of Europe for consideration before it is transmitted to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's special Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights, which will examine the candidates' CVs and interview them. This committee makes recommendations to the Parliamentary Assembly, which proceeds with the election.

Applicants must indicate why, in their opinion, they are suited to the post. The curriculum vitae appended to their application must be prepared in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe and be based on the model to be found in electronic format at the following address: http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2009/ModelCVEN.doc

A covering letter, stating the applicant's reasons for applying, and the CV should be sent by recorded delivery by no later than 10 October 2014 to the Minister of Justice, 13, rue Erasme, L-1468 Luxembourg. Applicants will receive a receipt acknowledgment and may be invited to a selection interview”.

Since no female candidate had applied by the deadline of 10 October 2014 laid down in the first call for applications, an identical second call for applications was published on the Ministry of Justice website and distributed by email to the judiciary and the two Luxembourg bar associations on 13 October 2014.

It was also published in in the Luxembourg Official Gazette (Mémorial B No. 104 of 15 October 2014).

In this second call for applications the time-limit was extended to 22 October 2014 and the following information was added:

“Since no application had been received from a woman by 10 October 2014, the government has extended the deadline for applications in respect of all interested male or female candidates.”

Following this call for applications, the Ministry of Justice in the end received ten applications for the post of Luxembourg judge at the European Court of Human Rights, including two from female candidates.

One applicant having withdrawn on 27 October 2014, the selection committee finally interviewed nine applicants.

2) Composition of the selection body

On 28 August 2014 the Minister of Justice, drawing on the above-mentioned guidelines and the explanatory memorandum thereto, sent an official letter to the institutions and individuals he considered should sit on the national selection committee.

This letter provided full explanations on the selection procedure, as ensuing inter alia from the above-mentioned guidelines.

By a ministerial decree of 3 October 2014, having as its legal basis the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Rules of Court of the European Court of Human Rights in force as of 1 July 2014, Resolution 1646 (2009) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on nomination of candidates and election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights, the Resolution of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 23 September 2009 on the status and conditions of service of judges of the European Court of Human Rights and the Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of 28 March 2012 on the selection of candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights, the Minister of Justice appointed the following members of the Luxembourg selection committee:

Mr Georges SANTER, President of the Supreme Court (Cour Supérieure de Justice);

Mr Georges RAVARANI, President of the Administrative Court;

Mr Robert BIEVER, Principal State Prosecutor;

Ms Lydie ERR, Ombudsperson;

Mr Rosario GRASSO, Chairman of the Luxembourg Bar Association;

Mr Jean-Paul WILTZIUS, Chairman of the Diekirch Bar Association;

Ms Marie-Anne KETTER, Senior Government Adviser, Ministry of Justice;

Mr Léon FABER, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Ms Deirdre DU BOIS, Member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights;

Mr Jörg GERKRATH, Professor, Luxembourg University.

The committee's secretariat was provided by Mr Laurent THYES, first-ranking government attaché at the Ministry of Justice, who had been appointed to these functions under the same ministerial decree.

On 20 October 2014 a new decree of appointment, having the same basis, had to be issued, since Mr Georges RAVARANI had in the meantime himself applied for the post of Luxembourg judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Under the terms of that decree he was replaced by Mr Henri CAMPILL, President of the Administrative Tribunal of Luxembourg.

The national selection committee, composed as follows, held a first meeting on 20 October 2014 with Mr Georges SANTER in the Chair:

Mr Georges SANTER, President of the Supreme Court (Cour Supérieure de Justice);

Mr Henri CAMPILL, President of the Administrative Tribunal of Luxembourg;

Mr Robert BIEVER, Principal State Prosecutor;

Ms Lydie ERR, Ombudsperson;

Mr Rosario GRASSO, Chairman of the Luxembourg Bar Association;

Mr Jean-Paul WILTZIUS, Chairman of the Diekirch Bar Association;

Ms Marie-Anne KETTER, Senior Government Adviser, Ministry of Justice;

Mr Léon FABER, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Ms Deirdre DU BOIS, Member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights;

Mr Jörg GERKRATH, Professor, Luxembourg University.

The committee's secretariat was provided by Mr Laurent THYES, first-ranking government attaché at the Ministry of Justice.

During this meeting the discussion focused on the selection procedures and practices and on the practical aspects of the interviews. The committee also worked on a standardised interview format and distributed the questions on the various subjects to be addressed among its members. It was decided that linguistic abilities would be tested by posing questions of substance in English during the oral interview.

The selection committee held a second meeting, in the same composition, on 27 October 2014.

During that meeting it examined and approved all the applications received by the Ministry of Justice. The admissibility of each individual application was discussed. No application was rejected, and all the applicants were invited to attend an interview lasting 45 minutes on 5 November 2014.

The committee also adopted a standardised format for the interviews and an assessment sheet for use by its members.

A sworn statement to be signed by applicants attending the interview was also drawn up, worded as follows:

“I the undersigned declare on my honour that: (1) if I am elected to the post of judge of the European Court of Human Rights I undertake not to engage, for the duration of my term of office, in any activity incompatible with the demands of independence, impartiality and availability required for holding full-time office; (2) I have never made any spoken or written statement or taken any action which, if it were to be made public, would bring dishonour on the European Court of Human Rights.”

It was also decided to ask applicants to provide a recent copy of their criminal record as objective proof of their high moral character.

The Chairman also asked all members of the selection committee whether they had to report any conflict of interest concerning any of the applicants.

All of the committee's members answered in the negative.

3) Interviews with the applicants

The interviews with the applicants were conducted on 5 November 2014 by the national selection committee, composed as follows, with Mr Georges SANTER in the Chair:

Mr Georges SANTER, President of the Supreme Court (Cour Supérieure de Justice);

Mr Henri CAMPILL, President of the Administrative Tribunal of Luxembourg;

Mr Robert BIEVER, Principal State Prosecutor;

Ms Lydie ERR, Ombudsperson;

Mr Rosario GRASSO, Chairman of the Luxembourg Bar Association;

Mr Jean-Paul WILTZIUS, Chairman of the Diekirch Bar Association;

Ms Marie-Anne KETTER, Senior Government Adviser, Ministry of Justice;

Mr Léon FABER, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

Ms Deirdre DU BOIS, Member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights;

Mr Jörg GERKRATH, Professor, Luxembourg University.

The committee's secretariat was provided by Mr Laurent THYES, first-ranking government attaché at the Ministry of Justice.

The interviews were conducted in Luxembourgish or French according to the applicant's preference.

At the beginning of each interview the applicant provided a recent copy of his/her criminal record, with only one exception, and signed a sworn statement to the effect that if they were elected to the post of judge of the European Court of Human Rights they undertook not to engage, for the duration of their term of office, in any activity incompatible with the demands of independence, impartiality and availability required for holding full-time office and that they had never made any spoken or written statement or taken any action which, if it were to be made public, would bring dishonour on the European Court of Human Rights. The applicant who had forgotten to bring a copy of her criminal record delivered it to the Ministry of Justice the following day.

The interviews lasted approximately 45 minutes and included a linguistic test, consisting in holding part of the interview in English.

Following the interviews with the nine applicants the selection committee began its deliberations. The committee members held a secret ballot, in which they could each vote for three applicants.

Following the voting process, the applicants having scored the highest number of votes were, by alphabetical order:

Ms Marie-Jeanne KAPPWEILER

Mr François MOYSE

Mr Georges RAVARANI.

This list, along with the names of the other applicants, was submitted to the Minister of Justice, who endorsed the selection committee's conclusions.

The list was published in a press release and on the Ministry of Justice website on 14 November 2014 and was given wide coverage in the national media.

Appendix 1 – Marie-Jeanne KAPPWEILER

(open)

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name, forename: Kappweiler Marie-Jeanne

Sex: Female

Date and place of birth: 25 June 1967, Luxembourg

Nationality/ies: Luxembourgish

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

June 1990 – Master's degree in law (option private law) obtained from Strasbourg III University (Robert Schuman) (first prize in civil law and enforcement procedures)

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities

February 1995-1996 – judicial trainee (attaché de justice)

February 1996-September 2009 – member of the Luxembourg prosecution service, serving successively as deputy prosecutor, first deputy prosecutor and principal deputy prosecutor (competent inter alia for civil status matters, adoptions, youth protection, rehabilitation measures and civil cases obligatorily referred to the prosecution service for an opinion, especially in matters of filiation; participation in the project to computerise and harmonise the operation of the civil registration services)

Since September 2009 – general counsel at the Luxembourg Principal State Prosecutor's Office (dealing with criminal records (ECRIS expert), rehabilitation measures, youth protection, guardianship and filiation cases, member of the Pardons Board, Chair of the Examination Board for Court Bailiffs having completed their initial internship)

b. Non-judicial legal activities

October 1990–January 1995 – lawyer and member of the Luxembourg Bar Association (Barrister since June 1994)

Since 2006 – lecturer at Luxembourg University (teaching civil law as part of a Master's degree course in mediation)

Since 1998 – member of the Luxembourg section of the ICCS (International Commission on Civil Status): participation in negotiation of international conventions; contributor to the Practical Guide (compendium of legislation); contributor to comparative law studies, in particular on transsexuality, surrogate motherhood, civil status fraud

President of the ICCS since January 2014

c. Non-legal professional activities

None

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

In connection with my professional activities I have taken an interest in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights in the fields of criminal law, family law and freedoms in general.

As a member of Soroptimist International, a global organisation for socially committed women, I participate in many initiatives aimed at improving the lives of women, girls and children. This organisation aims to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to enhance women's education, basic health and empowerment. It supports many projects in Luxembourg and abroad. The Soroptimist Clubs in Luxembourg also hold an annual human rights conference on 10 December each year.

V. Public activities

a. Public office

See III.a above

b. Elected posts

None

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None

VI. Other activities

a. Field

European, parliamentary and municipal elections

b. Duration

Since 2006

c. Functions

Chair of the principal polling station in the municipality of Dudelange

VII. Publications and other works

Contributions to publications of the International Commission on Civil Status (studies and practical guide)

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair
First language:
Luxembourgish	x			x			x
Official languages:
English	x			x				x
French	x			x			x
Other language:
German	x			x			x
Spanish		x							x
Italian		x

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

X. Other relevant information

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

Since I studied in Strasbourg and regularly return there in connection with my activities for the ICCS, which has its seat in Strasbourg, I am entirely willing to take up permanent residence in Strasbourg.

Appendix 2 – François MOYSE

(open)

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name: Moyse

Forename: François

Sex: Male

Date and place of birth: 15 April 1966, Luxembourg

Nationality/ies: Luxembourgish

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

1989 – Master's degree in law obtained from Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France

1990 – Master's degree in political science obtained from Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities

Barrister, lawyer and legal counsel practising in courts of all levels: the Constitutional Court, the ordinary courts, including the Court of Cassation (civil and criminal divisions), the administrative courts, the social security courts, the European courts (Court of Justice of the European Union, General Court, EU Civil Service Tribunal) and the European Court of Human Rights.

b. Non-judicial legal activities

Trainer in anti-discrimination law, Chambre des Salariés (Chamber of Employees), ERA (Academy of European Law) Metz University

Author of legal works and articles (see the appended list)

Regular participation in legal colloquies and international gatherings of lawyers, in particular those organised by the International Association of Lawyers (UIA)

Drafting of reports on legal themes in the context of European studies. A recent example is the “European project on protection orders”

c. Non-legal professional activities

Member of the Human Rights Committee of the CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe)

Member of the CCBE's permanent delegation to the European Court of Human Rights

Occasional representative of the Bar Association within the IDHAE (European Bar Human Rights Institute), inter alia with a view to awarding the Human Rights Prize

Adviser to the President of the International Association of Lawyers and Vice-President of the Association's administrative law committee

Member of the ALAP (Luxembourg association of criminal justice lawyers)

Member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

As a lawyer practising in the field of human/fundamental rights, I have dealt with cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights, including pleading one case before the Court and giving legal opinions on applications. I have also been involved in human rights practice in the national courts, in particular in the criminal law field

Monitoring of findings of human rights violations for the CCBE and the UIA

Drafting memorials concerning CCBE interventions in cases before the European Court of Human Rights (such as the case of Mor v. France)

Writing articles on human rights themes

Monitoring of the ECtHR case-law

Reading of publications in this field such as the “Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme” or publications on EU fundamental rights law

V. Public activities

a. Public office

b. Elected posts

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

VI. Other activities

Member, and former President, of the Luxembourg Jewish Consistory

President of the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ)

Address given in my capacity as an expert on diversity issues, on the occasion of the presentation of the Diversity Charter on 24 September 2013

Participation in debates such as that on home schooling, held on 28 June 2014 by the Luxembourg Association for Freedom of Instruction

Moderation of seminars such as that held by the UIA in Luxembourg on 20 September 2014 on the theme European and Global Challenges of Personal Data Protection

VII. Publications and other works

Key works:

“Le droit de la fonction publique au Luxembourg”, co-authored with Jean-Marie Bauler, Bruylant, 1998

“Echec à la discrimination – Analyse de la législation luxembourgeoise autour de la transposition des directives européennes 2000/43 CE et 2000/78/CE – loi du 28 novembre 2006”, Bruylant, 2009

Articles (selected):

Contribution on Luxembourg in “Enforcement of foreign judgments”, Vol. 1, Kluwer International, 1997

“Les méthodes policières 'undercover'” in “Annales du droit luxembourgeois” Vol. 9-1999, Bruylant, 2000

Chapter on Luxembourg in “International immigration and nationality law”, Center for International Legal Studies, Vienna, 2002

Contribution on Luxembourg's transposition of European directives in “Actualité du Droit Européen de l'Immigration et de l'Asile”, Bruylant, Brussels, 2005

Contribution on Luxembourg (co-author) in “Acquisition and Loss of Nationality: Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries”, Amsterdam University Press, 2006

“La liberté d'expression et l'ordre public en droit européen” in “Annales du droit luxembourgeois”, Vol. 15-2005, Bruylant, 2006

“Actualités du droit antidiscrimination” in “Annales du droit luxembourgeois”, Vol. 21-2011, Bruylant, Brussels

Contribution on Luxembourg (co-authored with Alexis Pauly†) in “Religion and criminal law”, ed. Matti Kotiranta and Norman Doe, Peeters 2013, Leuven

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair
First language:
French	x			x			x
Official languages:
English	x			x			x
French	x			x			x
Other languages:
German	x				x			x
Luxembourgish (mother tongue)

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

X. Other relevant information

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

I undertake to become a permanent resident of Strasbourg if elected.

Appendix 3 – Georges RAVARANI

(open)

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name, forename: Ravarani Georges

Sex: Male

Date and place of birth: 1 May 1954, Luxembourg

Nationality/ies: Luxembourgish

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

Master's degree in law (Grenoble University, 1977)

Doctor of law (Luxembourg University, 2011, thesis on “The triggering event of public authorities' civil liability under Luxembourg law”, under the directorship of professor Rusen Ergec, awarded a mark of “excellent”

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities

Present activities:

President of the Luxembourg Administrative Court (the administrative supreme court) since 2008

Vice-President of the Constitutional Court since 2008

Former activities:

President of the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union from 2008 to 2010

President of the Luxembourg Administrative Tribunal from 1997 to 2007

Lawyer (1992-1996)

Judge of the Luxembourg District Court from 1981 to 1992

Trainee lawyer (1978 – 1980)

b. Non-judicial legal activities

Guest lecturer (2006 to 2014) and subsequently honorary lecturer, Luxembourg University

Since 1982 member of the Editorial Board of the quarterly law review Pasicrisie luxembourgeoise (first published in 1875)

Responsible for the publication of the annual administrative case-law bulletin brought out by Pasicrisie luxembourgeoise

Since 2002 member of the Grand Ducal Institute, philosophy, law and political science section

c. Non-legal professional activities

None

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

Throughout my professional career, implementation of the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Drafting of many decisions concerning national legislation's compliance or non-compliance with the Convention. As a member of the Constitutional Court, assessment of legislative provisions' consistency with the fundamental rights laid down in the Constitution.

Publication of works and articles dealing directly or indirectly with human rights (primarily in matters regarding public authorities' civil liability)

Founding member of the Luxembourg Human Rights Institute, a foundation established in 1992. Secretary of this foundation from 1982 to 2012.

V. Public activities

a. Public office

Judicial office

b. Elected posts

None

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None

VI. Other activities

None

VII. Publications and other works

58 publications, including:

“La responsabilité civile des personnes privées et publiques”, 3rd edition, Pasicrisie luxembourgeoise, 2014 (1390 p.)

“'To refer or not to refer' – Confession of a national judge” in the commemorative book published to mark the 20th anniversary of the EFTA Court, Hart Publishing Oxford, 2014

“L'obligation du renvoi préjudiciel à la Cour de Justice: une obligation sanctionnée ?” – Luxembourg report in “L'obligation de renvoi préjudiciel à la Cour de Justice” under the direction of Laurent Coutron, Bruylant, Brussels, 2014

“La sanction du non-respect, par les autorités luxembourgeoises, du droit de l'Union” in “L'Europe des droits fondamentaux, Mélanges en hommage à Albert Weitzel”, Pedone, Paris, 2013, pp. 165 to 183

“Du bon (c'est-à-dire du mauvais) usage du pouvoir réglementaire” in Quo vadis droit luxembourgeois, Promoculture Larcier, Luxembourg, 2013, pp. 19 et seq.

“Les sanctions administratives en jurisprudence luxembourgeoise”, proceedings of the Benelux colloquy held in Brussels on 21 October 2011, Publications du Benelux, September 2010; Pasicrisie luxembourgeoise, Vol. 35, 2012, doctrine, pp. 673 to 693

“La Cour constitutionnelle luxembourgeoise et la Convention européenne de sauvegarde des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales” in “Journal des Tribunaux”, Luxembourg, 2011, pp. 37 et seq.

“Peut-on mesurer la qualité de la justice ?” in “De 20 ans à l'horizon 2020, Bâtir le tribunal de demain sur de solides fondations” proceedings of a colloquy held on 25 September 2009 in Luxembourg on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Court of First Instance (General Court) of the European Communities, pp. 49 et seq., published by the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010

“Interrogations autour d'un droit fondamental: l'appel” in “Justices et droit du procès, Mélanges en l'honneur de Serge Guinchard”, Dalloz, Paris, 2010, pp. 355 to 368

“Justiz zwischen Sein und Schein” in “Im Geiste der Demokratie und des sozialen Verständnisses, 20 Jahre Verwaltungsgericht Giessen, Festschrift”, Luchterhand, 2007, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland, pp. 307 et seq. - “La justice du 'paraître'”, Pasicrisie luxembourgeoise, Vol. 33, doctr., pp 1 et seq.

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair	very good	good	fair
First language:
Luxembourgish	x			x			x
Official languages:
English	x				x				x
French	x			x				x
Other language:
German	x			x				x

IX. In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language [the second], please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court.

X. Other relevant information

XI. Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

I undertake to become a permanent resident of Strasbourg if elected.