Progress report | Doc. 14231 Addendum 2 | 18 January 2017
Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Bureau of the Assembly
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 January 2017 with Mr Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), 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 the Netherlands and Hungary.
3. Conclusions of the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by the Netherlands and Hungary
The Netherlands
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 12 January 2017.
The Committee recommends, by a large majority, Mr Martin KUIJER, over Ms Jolien SCHUKKING, as the most qualified candidate.
Hungary
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 12 January 2017.
The Committee recommends, by a majority, Mr Pál SONNEVEND, over Mr Péter PACZOLAY, as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of the Netherlands and Hungary 
(open)The Netherlands
- Mr Martin KUIJER
- Mr Rick LAWSON
- Ms Jolien SCHUKKING
Hungary
- Ms Krisztina FÜZI-ROZSNYAI
- Mr Péter PACZOLAY
- Mr Pál SONNEVEND
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who
participated in the meeting 
(open)Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Ms Alina Ştefania GORGHIU, Romania
- Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
Socialist Group (SOC)
- Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, Chairperson
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania
- Mr Pierre-Yves Le BORGN’, France
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Luxembourg
- Ms Cristina DE PIETRO, Italy
- Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
- Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia
Ex Officio
- Ms Elena CENTEMERO, Italy, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
- Mr Alain DESTEXHE, Belgium, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department