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Doc. 14150 Addendum II
06 October 2016
Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
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Progress report
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 29 and 30 September 2016 with Mr Boriss Cilevis (Latvia, SOC)
in the Chair.
2. Introduction
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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 Azerbaijan, Albania, Hungary, Georgia and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.1
3. Conclusions of the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Azerbaijan, Albania,
Hungary, Georgia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Azerbaijan
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 29 September 2016.
Albania
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The Committee recommends, with an overwhelming majority, the candidature of Mr Ltif HSEYNOV as the
most qualified candidate.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly to reject the list in view of the national selection procedure not
being in line with the standards required by the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers.
Hungary
The Committee recommends to the Assembly to reject the list in view of the national selection procedure not
being in line with the standards required by the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers.
Georgia
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 29 September 2016.
The Committee decided to postpone until a later date its decision on the recommendation to the Assembly
concerning this list.
1. See Appendix 1 for the lists of candidates submitted by the Governments concerned. A full list and curriculum vitae of
candidates can be found in Assembly documents Doc. 14131 (Azerbaijan), Doc. 14133 (Albania), Doc. 14147 (Hungary),
Doc. 14137 (Georgia) and Doc. 14138 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 30 September 2016.
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The Committee recommends, by a narrow majority, Ms Natasa GABER-DAMJANOVSKA, over Mr Jovan
Ilievski, as the most qualified candidate.
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Appendix 1 Lists of candidates submitted by the Governments of Azerbaijan, Albania, Hungary,
Georgia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia2
Azerbaijan
Ms Kmal ABIYEVA
Mr Ltif HSEYNOV
Mr Rvn ISMAYILOV
Albania
Mr Sokol BERBERI
Mr Gent IBRAHIMI
Ms Ina RAMA
Ms Krisztina FZI-ROZSNYAI
Mr Balzs SCHANDA
Mr Zoltn TALLDI
Georgia
Mr Giorgi BADASHVILI
Mr Aleksandre BARAMIDZE
Ms Eva GOTSIRIDZE
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ms Natasa GABER-DAMJANOVSKA
Mr Jovan ILIEVSKI
Mr Zvonimir JANKULOSKI
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Hungary
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See footnote 2 above.
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Appendix 2 Members of the Committee who participated in the meeting3
Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CD)
Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova
Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine
Ms Alina tefania GORGHIU, Romania
Mr Volker ULLRICH, Germany
Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, 1st Vice-Chairperson, Ukraine
Socialist Group (SOC)
Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom
Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
Mr Boriss CILEVIS, Latvia, Chairperson
Mr Pierre-Yves Le BORGN, France
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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Mr Jordi XUCL, Spain
European Conservatives Group (EC)
Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland
Ex officio
Ms Elena CENTEMERO, Italy, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
Mr Gnter SCHIRMER, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Department
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Not all the members of the Committee participated in all the interviews/deliberations.
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