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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11110
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE / (ae) echr

PACE calls for increased independence for ECHR judges

Brussels, 27/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - 47 judges of the European Court of Human Rights (one for each member state) are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a term of nine years, after having been put forward as candidates by their countries of origin. They usually make their decisions in college (single judge, committees of three judges, chambers of seven judges and the Grand Chamber of 17 judges) on cases opposing European citizens and states, once all...

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