Judicial Council Picks Roskovanyi as ECHR Judge Candidate

Bratislava, 16 December (TASR) - The Judicial Council on Tuesday elected former Justice Ministry deputy minister Katarina Roskovanyi as a candidate for judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), TASR learnt on the same day. Twelve members of the Judicial Council present voted in her favour. Roskovanyi's candidacy must still be approved by the government, along with the candidacies of Branislav Jablonka and Ondrej Laciak, who were elected by the Judicial Council at its June session. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will then elect a new ECHR judge for Slovakia from a list of three candidates submitted by the Slovak government. Roskovanyi was nominated as an ECHR judge candidate by Judicial Council member Peter Samko. Judicial Council member Dana Jelinkova Dudzikova also sought the candidacy, nominated by Judicial Council chair Marcela Kosova, Judicial Council member Lubos Kunay, as well as the Association of Judges of Slovakia. At its June session, the Judicial Council elected two of the three nominated candidates for ECHR judge, Branislav Jablonka and Ondrej Laciak. It did not elect current European prosecutor Juraj Novocky. mf