The Drafting Group on issues relating to judges of the European Court of Human Rights (DH-SYSC-JC) held its first meeting on 28-30 September, with Mr Hans-Jörg Behrens (Germany) as chairperson.
At this meeting, the DH-SYSC-JC began its work on a draft CDDH Report evaluating the effectiveness of the system for the selection and election of the Court’s judges and the means to ensure due recognition for judges’ status and service on the Court and providing additional safeguards to preserve their independence and impartiality. It also appointed Ms Maria AVERSANO (Italy) as Vice-chairperson.
