The Greek judge, Mr Sicilianos, was elected President of the European Court of Human Rights
Mr Linos – Alexandros Sicilianos, a Greek judge of the European Court of Human Rights, was elected President of the European Court of Human Rights on 1 April 2019 and will take office on May 5, 2019, succeeding Italian Judge Guido Raimondi.
Mr. Sicilianos has an extremely important presence in the field of human rights and his great historical course in the academic and scientific field, in the field of the application of individual rights, in the field of international law, in international institutions, in the writing field and in the law , guarantees a successful term in office of the President of the Court. Echrcaselaw.com wishes him GOOD LUCK for his new role !
The cv of the new president as the Court quotes it
Born on 9 May 1960 in Athens, GreeceLaw degree, University of Athens, 1983
Masters degree in International Law, University Robert Schuman of Strasbourg, 1984
Doctor of Law, University Robert Schuman of Strasbourg, 1990
Lawyer before the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court and the Supreme Administrative Court (on
leave)
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Athens (on leave)
Member (1997-2009) and Chairman (2003-2004) of the Committee of experts of the Council of
Europe for the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (DH-PR)
Member (2002-2009), Vice-Chairman (2004-2005) and Rapporteur (2008-2009) of the United
Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Member since 2000, then Vice-Chairman of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights, 2006-
2011
Member of the European Union Network of independent experts in the field of fundamental rights,
2002-2006
Member of the Management Board since 2007 and member of the Executive Board of the
Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union, 2009-2011
Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, since 2010
Associate Member of the Institute of International Law, since 2011
Member of the Scientific Board of the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme (2005 -), of the
European Journal of Human Rights (2013 -), of the Annuaire français de droit international (2015 -)
and of the European Journal of International Law (2007-2012)
Member of the Administrative Board of the European Society of International Law, 2010-2012
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 18 May 2011
Associate Member of the Academy of Athens since 2017
President of Section of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 February 2017
Vice-President of the Court since 1 May 2017
Author of five monographs, editor or co-editor of 14 books and author of about 100 articles and
studies in general international law and the international protection of human rights, in French,
English and Greek(echrcaselaw.com editing).
