CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 29 janvier 2008

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s40F41F73 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   59 29.1.2008   Press release issued by the Registrar   Elections to the European Court of Human Rights   The European Court of Human Rights has re-elected Christos Rozakis (Greek) as one of its Vice-Presidents and elected Josep Casadevall (Andorran) as one of its Section Presidents.   Judges Rozakis and Casadevall have been elected for a three-year term and will take up their respective duties as Vice-President of the Court and Section President on 1 February 2008.   Judge Rozakis was born in 1941. He studied law in Athens and London and at the University of Illinois. From 1975 to 1985 he was a lecturer and subsequently professor at Panteion University in Athens. He was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights from 1987 to 1998. He has been a judge, Section President and Vice-President of the Court since 1   November 1998.   Judge Casadevall was born in 1946 and studied at Madrid University. He has a background as a practising lawyer and was Secretary General of the Andorran Bar from 1984 to 1992 and Chairman of the Bar from 1993 to 1995. He has been a judge of the Court since 1996. He was Section Vice President from 1998 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2008.   The Court is composed of one judge in respect of each of the 47 States to have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. Judges work in five Sections from which Chambers of seven judges are constituted. The Court also sits as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges. The Court has two Vice-Presidents both of whom also preside over Sections, the other three Sections each having a Section President.       ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Press contacts Emma Hellyer (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15) Stéphanie Klein (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 54 91)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.