Two recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on Councils for the Judiciary

In recent years the European Court of Human Rights has been confronted with cases where the problems concerning judicial careers and the bodies governing the judiciary are in the centre of the debate. This article examines two recent cases on the competencies and the mandate of the Spanish Council for the Judiciary: Alonso Saura v. Spain, on the margin of discretionary councils have when appointing judges for governing positions and Lorenzo Bragado and others v. Spain, in which the Court examines the situation of the Spanish Council, which has not been renewed in a timely manner.