CASE OF GLOVELI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF GLOVELI v. GEORGIA(Application no. 18952/18) JUDGMENT Art 6 § 1 (civil) • Access to court • Inability of judicial candidate to seek judicial review of decision refusing to appoint her to a judicial post • Art 6 applicable • Genuine and serious dispute over “right” in domestic law to a fair procedure in the examination of an application for a judicial post • Second condition of the Eskelinen test not met • Exclusion of the applicant, who met statutory eligibility requirements, from a judicial competition, without judicial review, not in the interest of a State governed by the rule of law • Link between integrity of judicial appointment process and requirement of judicial independence • Importance of procedural fairness in cases involving selection, appointment and career of judges • Very essence of right of access to court impaired STRASBOURG7 April 2022FINAL 07/07/20 …