CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 25 avril 2001

.s3ABFC313 { font-size:10pt } .s598389F9 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:12pt } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s420E98AC { margin-top:0pt; margin-left:360pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .s85646119 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s7ED160F0 { text-decoration:none } .s33165EBA { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; vertical-align:super; color:#0069d6 } .sC16889D6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .s4A66B09A { margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .sE6287DD { margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .s147A4AAD { width:18pt; display:inline-block } .s68BA453A { width:7.99pt; display:inline-block } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .s598389F8 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt } .sA1D3DA2E { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s556ED54D { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:-0.1pt } .s17FD7234 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt; widows:0; orphans:0 } .sEDF7A3C9 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; widows:0; orphans:0 } .s13F94BDE { font-family:Arial; letter-spacing:-0.1pt } .sA193331F { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-after:avoid; widows:0; orphans:0 } .sF6A12959 { width:33%; height:1px; text-align:left } .s653E6C45 { font-family:Arial; font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:super; color:#0069d6 } .s4B8D41EE { font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt } .s3DC36BA9 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0069d6 } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS 306 26.4.2001   Press release issued by the Registrar   ELECTION OF EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JUDGES   In elections to the European Court of Human Rights held on 24 and 25 April 2001, three new judges were elected and thirteen sitting judges had their terms of office renewed, including the Court’s president Luzius Wildhaber [1] . The three new judges, Elisabeth Steiner, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky and Antonella Mularoni, were elected in respect of Austria, Italy and San Marino.   The judges elected will hold office for six years, starting on November 1 this year, with the exception of the Italian judge, who will start earlier, to fill a vacancy.   They were elected by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, from a list of three candidates, nominated by the States which have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court’s judges are generally elected for a six-year term-of-office. However, Protocol No. 11 to the Convention, which came into force on 1 November 1998 and led to the creation of a permanent Court with judges sitting full-time in Strasbourg, provides for, in so far as possible, the renewal of the terms-of-office of half the members of the Court every three years. For this reason, 19 of the 39 judges elected in November 1998 were elected for three years. The elections concerning the remaining three countries, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, are to take place during the next Parliamentary Assembly session (June 25-29 2001).   ***   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.               APPENDIX [2]   New judges   Austria - Elisabeth Steiner, born in Vienna in 1956, a practising lawyer and a member of the Expert Committee on Labour Law of the Vienna Bar Association.   Italy - Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, born in Turin in 1940, head of the Legislative Office of the Ministry of Justice and chair of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention.   San Marino - Antonella Mularoni, born in 1961 in San Marino, a practising lawyer and a member of the Special Parliamentary Committee responsible for drafting the new Code of Criminal Procedure.   Re-elected judges   Albania - Kristaq TRAJA (Albanian) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date   Andorra - Josep CASADEVALL MEDRANO (Andorran) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1996 to date.   Bulgaria - Snejana BOTOUCHAROVA (Bulgarian) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Cyprus - Loukis LOUCAIDES (Cypriot) Member of the European Commission of Human Rights 1989-98 European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Denmark - Peer LORENZEN (Danish) Member of the European Commission of Human Rights 1995-98 European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Hungary - András   BAKA (Hungarian) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1991 to date.   Latvia - Egils LEVITS (Latvian) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1995 to date.   FRYM - Margarita TSATSA NIKOLOVSKA (FYRM national) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date .   Luxembourg - Marc FISCHBACH (Luxemburger) European   Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Slovenia - Boštjan ZUPANČIČ (Slovenian) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Spain - José Antonio PASTOR RIDRUEJO (Spanish) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date.   Switzerland - Luzius WILDHABER (Swiss) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1991 to date President of the Court from 1 November 1998 to date.   Turkey - Riza TÜRMEN (Turkish) European Court of Human Rights judge from 1 November 1998 to date. [1] S ee appendix. [2] See http://stars.coe.int for full biographical details of all the judges elected and candidates.