European Court of Human Rights

Documents from [1992] to [11/2001]

Identity Statement

HAEU Reference Code
ACA-7
Reference Archivists

Becherucci, Andrea; Carr, Mary; Rapini, Elisa

Content and Structure

Abstract

The file contains documentation related to the Cassese candidacy for the "European Commission of Human Rights" in 1992 and for the "European Court of Human Rights" in 2001; he wasn`t elected in both cases.

The first dossier comprises mostly letters retracing the sequence of events of the election: from the candidacy to the comments on the unsuccessful nomination. Correspondence with Benedetto Conforti, Emilio Colombo, Stefano […], Franco Foschi, Giuliano Amato, Carlo Russo.

The second larger dossier, on his candidacy for the European Court of Human Rights, consists of letters and documents in which Cassese put forward his candidacy and letters written during the ballots showing how the elections were developing and the influence of political pressures. The last letters consist of correspondence between Cassese and several friends a few hours after the end of the election. The file contains above all letters but also Cassese`s cv and documents of the Council of Europe and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights.
Correspondence with: Benedetto Conforti, Umberto Vattani, Lamberto Dini, Guido Raimondi, Mario Chiavario, Piero Ago, Umberto Leanza, Bruno Haller, Allard A. Plate, Giuliano Amato, Michèle Hoenner, John Jones, Rosalyn [Higgins], Jean-Paul Costa, Joseph H. H. Weiler, James […], Mireille Delmas-Marty, Maurice H. Mendelson, Luigi Condorelli, Stephane Bourgon, Laurence Boisson De Chazournes, Kati Mendelson, Christian Tomuschat, Francesco Francioni, Philippe Kirsch, Konstantin Korkelia, Bruno Simma, Renaud Dehousse, Peter Leuprecht, Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Fausto Pocar, Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, Andrew Clapham, Yves Me̒ny, Vincenzo Varano, Gianni Sofri, Alain Pellet, Emma Playfair, Anthony Lester.

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Languages

English, French, Italian

Type of Archival Materials

Textual

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