Week in Review: Alarm Bells and Struggles
Source: Balkan Insight
The process in North Macedonia of electing representatives to the European Court of Human Rights is in a bind. On July 29, the government annulled a shortlist of candidates for seats on the Court.
It gave no reason for the decision, other than a vague claim that the selected candidates did not meet the conditions – without elaborating which conditions it meant. Public prosecutor Lence Ristoska, one of those shortlisted candidates, talks to BIRN about the pressures she experienced to withdraw her name from the list.
Read more: Denied Strasbourg Rights Court Post, North Macedonia Prosecutor Raises Alarm (August 11, 2025)
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