On
26 January 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has elected
two new judges of the European Court of Human Rights. Andreas
Zünd was elected in
respect of Switzerland and Ioannis
Ktistakis in respect of Greece. Both judges obtained an absolute majority of votes cast. ECtHR judges are elected for
a single term of office of nine years.
Judge Andreas
Zünd comes from the judiciary. He worked as a law clerk and later as a judge at
different court levels. Most recently, he was a judge at the Swiss Federal
Supreme Court. Ioannis
Ktistakis comes from academia. He was Associate
Professor at Democritus
University of Thrace. In
addition, he was involved in a large number of cases before the Strasbourg Court,
including in Makaratzis
v. Greece, Sitaropoulos and Giakoumopoulos v. Greece, and Molla Sali v. Greece.
By end of this year, the composition of the Court will change significantly as the term of many current judges is coming to an end. Between April and June 2021, PACE is envisaged to elect new judges in respect of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia.
PACE elects new judges from a list of three candidates nominated by States party to the ECHR. Since 2015, the three persons nominated by States Parties to the ECtHR are firstly scrutinised by PACE's Committee on the Election of Judges.
PACE elects new judges from a list of three candidates nominated by States party to the ECHR. Since 2015, the three persons nominated by States Parties to the ECtHR are firstly scrutinised by PACE's Committee on the Election of Judges.
