CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 30 janvier 2003

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s94935B0F { width:389.85pt; display:inline-block } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s3964C3A3 { width:1.36pt; display:inline-block } .s901C2590 { width:56.7pt; display:inline-block } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS     056   30.1.2003   Press release issued by the Registrar   ELECTION OF A JUDGE WITH RESPECT TO SPAIN   On 29 January 2003 Mr Francisco Javier Borrego Borrego was elected judge with respect to Spain. Mr Borrego Borrego will replace Mr Antonio Pastor Ridruejo, who has reached the age-limit laid down in Article 23 § 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. As   Mr   Pastor Ridruejo was re-elected in 2001 for a new six-year term of office, Mr   Borrego Borrego will serve until 31 October 2007.   Mr Borrego Borrego, who was born in Seville (Spain) in 1949, is a member of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) and Committee of Experts for the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (DH-PR). He has been the Spanish Government’s Agent vis-à-vis the European Court of Human Rights since 1990   Judges are elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from lists of three candidates nominated by each State which has ratified the Convention.   Judges are in principle elected for a period of six years. However, under Article 23 § 5 of the Convention a judge elected to replace a judge whose term of office has not expired holds office for the remainder of his predecessor’s term.   ***   Further information about 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: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 24 92)   Emma Hellyer (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15)   Stéphanie Klein (telephone: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 21 54) Fax: +00 33 (0)3 88 41 27 91   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. On 1 November 1998 a full-time Court was established, replacing the original two-tier system of a part-time Commission and Court.