CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 1 octobre 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   677 1.10.2008   Press release issued by the Registrar   Election of the judge in respect of Luxembourg   The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has re-elected Dean Spielmann , the judge currently sitting on the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Luxembourg.   Dean Spielmann (Luxemburger), who was born in 1962 in Luxembourg, was a member of the Luxembourg Bar and then a Barrister from 1989 to 2004. He was a member of the Bar Council from 1996 to 1998 and secretary of the Bar Disciplinary and Administrative Committee from 1999 to 2001. Since June 2004 he has been a judge of the European Court of Human Rights.   Mr Spielmann’s term of office will end on 31 October 2013.   Judges are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from lists of three candidates submitted by States which have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. In accordance with the Convention, as in force at present, judges are elected for a term of office of six years and are eligible for re-election.   ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Press contacts Adrien Raif-Meyer (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 33 37) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Sania Ivedi (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 59 45)   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.