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I
shall
conclude
my
opinion
with
one
final
observation
:
in
the
judgment
,
from
start
to
finish
,
all
those
who
are
mentioned
are
given
the
appropriate
designation
for
their
sex
,
with
the
exception
of
the
judges
and
Registrar
of
the
Grand
Chamber
.
I
object
to
the
presentation
of
judges
as
sexually
neutral
individuals
in
a
society
made
up
of
men
and
women
.
The
distinction
between
the
two
sexes
in
relation
to
judges
is
expressly
acknowledged
in
the
Rules
of
Court
,
since
Rule
25
§
2
requires
the
Court
’s
composition
to
be
gender
balanced
.
It
is
also
a
matter
of
concern
to
the
Parliamentary
Assembly
of
the
Council
of
Europe
,
which
advocates
the
presence
of
women
on
all
lists
of
candidates
for
posts
as
judges
of
the
Court
.
This
has
prompted
the
Committee
of
Ministers
to
request
an
advisory
opinion
.
So
the
opinion
on
the
sex
of
candidates
for
posts
as
judges
will
be
given
by
judges
who
are
presented
to
the
public
as
sexually
neutral
.
Any
comment
would
,
to
my
mind
,
be
superfluous
.
But
to
avoid
any
confusion
,
I
wish
to
point
out
that
I
belong
to
the
male
sex
.
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