Progress report | Doc. 15036 Add. 2 | 22 January 2020

Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Author(s): 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 17 January 2020 with Mr Volker Ullrich (Germany, EPP/CD), in the Chair.

2. Introduction

The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights assessed the list of the candidates to the Court in respect of France. [(1) See Appendix 1 for the list of candidates submitted by the Government concerned. The full list and curricula vitae of candidates can be found in Assembly document: Doc. 15008 (France).]

3. Conclusion of the Committee on the list of candidates submitted by France

The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 17 January 2020.

The Committee recommends to the Assembly, with a very large majority, Mr Mattias Guyomar as the most qualified candidate.

Appendix 1 – List of candidates submitted by the Government of France

• Ms Carole CHAMPALAUNE
• Mr Tristan GERVAIS de LAFOND
• Mr Mattias GUYOMAR

Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting

Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)

• Mr Jason AZZOPARDI, Malta
• Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia
• Mr Andrej ŠIRCELJ, Slovenia
• Mr Volker ULLRICH, Chairperson, Germany
• Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN, Armenia

Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)

• Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom
• Ms Petra BAYR, Austria
• Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
• Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

• Mr Olivier BECHT, 1st Vice-Chairperson, France
• Mr Dimitri HOUBRON, France
• Mr Edmon MARUKYAN, Armenia

European Conservatives Group (EC)

• Sir Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom

Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly

• Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
• Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat