Working document in view of the 3 DH-SYSC-I meeting

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TURQUIE/
• A segment of the interview, was
carried out in English.
• The evaluation of candidates was
carried out individually and anonymously.
Each member of the Commission evaluated
candidates with scores from 1 to 10, and
subsequently a list of the candidates was
drafted with their scores, with candidates
with highest score average topping the list.
• The Government, based on the
proposal of the Commission, approved the
list
Information communicated to DH-SYSC-I (doc DH-SYSC-I(2016)005)
TURKEY
• The election procedure is initiated with a
public announcement for candidatures
posted simultaneously on the websites
of the MFA and the MJ.
• The public announcement remains on
these websites for 30 days
• Interview Committee composed of:
Senior representative of the Prime
Ministry (Chairperson of the
Committee), Senior representative of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senior
representative of the Ministry of Justice,
Secretary General of the Constitutional
Court, a member of the Court of
Cassation, a member of the Council of
State, a member of the Council of
Higher Education.
• Following the interviews, the Interview
Committee agrees on a short list of six
candidates and these names are
submitted to the Council of Ministers of
Turkey in order to make the final
decision. During the interviews,
questions about the Court’s case-law
and its functioning are asked to all
candidates both in Turkish and in their
language of fluency.
• The applicants are expected to
meet the criteria of the
Resolution 1646 (2009) of the
Parliamentary Assembly
• the representation of both
sexes is observed.
• In addition, the applicants are
also expected to have one of
the following qualifications:
hold at least the academic
title of associate professor
for academic candidates,
be of first class (highest
level of seniority) under the
Law no. 2802 and to have
spent three years as first
class judge or prosecutor for
judge or prosecutor
candidates,
be a member of a High
Court
be in possession of a
document that he / she has
effectively worked in his /
her profession for at least 15
years for attorneys
for the remaining
candidates; public officials
shall have worked for at
least 15 years in public
institutions and those who