Continuing to guarantee the highest standard of qualifications, independence, and impartiality of the judges of the European Court of Human Rights is essential to the effectiveness and credibility of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights. Due recognition for the judges’ status and service on the Court at the end of their term of office is also of central importance.

The present report contains the most recent intergovernmental evaluation of the effectiveness of the system of selection and election of the Court’s judges, the length of their mandate as well as of various issues that they encounter during and after their term of office. It identifies certain areas of improvement in relation to national selection procedures and proposes further action to protect judges from threats and reprisals and to recognise their service on the Court.

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