CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 14 mai 2001

.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 } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s37CDBE05 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .sCB27B9E { width:16.66pt; display:inline-block } .s9378202A { width:33.05pt; display:inline-block } .s6442AFE5 { width:23.04pt; display:inline-block } .s98A7B623 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS                         352                     14.5.2001     Press release issued by the Registrar     NEW REGISTRAR ELECTED AT EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   Paul Mahoney has today been elected the new Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights.   Mr Mahoney, who was one of the Court’s two Deputy Registrars, was elected by the Court’s 41 judges for a five-year term-of-office.   Mr Mahoney (British) was born in 1946. He studied law at Merton College, Oxford, (Master of Arts - M.A.) and University College London (Master of Laws - LL.M). He was a lecturer in law at University College London from 1967 to 1972 and from 1972 to 1973 he practised as a Barrister in London. In 1974 he joined the Council of Europe as a member of the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. In 1988 he was visiting professor of human rights at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. From 1990 to 1993 he was Head of Personnel at the Council of Europe and in 1995 he was elected Deputy Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights. He was re-elected Deputy Registrar in 1998.   Michele de Salvia , the former Registrar, has been appointed Jurisconsult, a new position which will involve advising the Court on case-law issues and supervising the Registry’s research activities.   ***   Further information on the Court can be found on its Internet site: http://www.dhcour.coe.fr   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.