Up to Four Times - On the Election of a "Polish National" Judge to the ECHR

Abstract

The Council of Europe’s requirements for transparency in the process of selecting a national judge for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should be strengthened. This is the lesson to be learned from the saga of the selection of a Polish judge, lasting now for more than three years. Poland, which has been going through a crisis of the rule of law in recent years, and the ongoing process of its restoration, may serve as an important example.

Keywords

• ECHR
• ECtHR
• European Convention of Human Rights
• Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention (1950 November 4)
• Poland
• election of judges