COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly welcomes move to improve quality of candidates for Human Rights Court

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The creation of a panel of experts to advise governments on their candidates for judge at the European Court of Human Rights might help ensure that only candidates with “the necessary qualifications, experience and stature” are put forward, PACE said today. Debating a report by Renate Wohlwend (Liechtenstein, EPP/CD), the Assembly welcomed the idea of a panel, which would be made up of eminent judges and lawyers, if it helped states to put forward candidates of the highest calibre for the Assembly to elect from.

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