CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 23 janvier 2002

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA1D3DA2E { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify } .s23A41E03 { width:36pt; display:inline-block } .s8FF24E0C { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:360pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt; text-align:justify } .s40F41F73 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s7ED160F0 { text-decoration:none } .s33165EBA { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; vertical-align:super; color:#0069d6 } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .sF6A12959 { width:33%; height:1px; text-align:left } .s2EB42ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt } .s653E6C45 { font-family:Arial; font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super; color:#0069d6 } .sC800182F { font-family:Arial; color:#0000ff } .s3DC36BA9 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0069d6 } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS                         044 23.1.2002     Press release issued by the Registrar   RE-ELECTION OF GEORGIAN JUDGE AT COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     Mindia Ugrekhelidze , the judge in respect of Georgia, has today been re-elected to the European Court of Human Rights [1] .   Mr Ugrekhelidze was born on 19 May 1942 in Kutaisi, Georgia. He became a Doctor of Law at Tbilisi State University, in 1974 and has been Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the university since 1976. He was a member of the State Constitutional Commission, 1993-95, and Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1990-98.   His new term of office starts on 25 June 2002 and expires on 31 October 2007. He was elected by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, from a list of three candidates submitted by Georgia.   ***   Further information on the Court can be found on its Internet site: http://www.echr.coe.int   Registry of the European Court of Human Rights F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Contacts: Roderick Liddell (telephone: (0)3 88 41 24 92) Or: Emma Hellyer (telephone: (0)3 90 21 42 15) Fax: (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in 1959 in Strasbourg to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a permanent Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.   [1] See http://stars.coe.int for full biographical details of all the judges elected and candidates.