CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 24 juin 2009

.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 } .s391E78BA { font-family:Arial; background-color:#ffffff } .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 }   506 24.06.2009   Press release issued by the Registrar   ELECTION OF THE JUDGE IN RESPECT OF SAN MARINO   The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has elected Kristina Pardalos as judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to San Marino.   Kristina Pardalos ( San Marinese national), who was born in 1973 in New York, is a member of the San Marino Bar and has practiced in a law firm since 2002. She has also been a member of the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) since 2004.   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 Stefano Piedimonte (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 28 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77)   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.