CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 28 avril 2004

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The sitting judges in respect of Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom were re-elected. [1]   Judges are elected by the Assembly from lists of three candidates nominated by each State which has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. Under the present terms of the Convention, judges are elected for six years and can be re-elected.   New judges   Germany – Renate Jaeger , born in Darmstadt (Germany) in 1940, has been a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court since 1994. She was a judge at the Federal Social Court from 1987 to 1994.   Iceland – David Thór Björgvinsson , born in Reykjavik (Iceland) in 1956, was a Professor of Law from 1996 to 2003 and has been Professor of Constitutional Law and Public International Law at Reykjavik University School of Law since 2003. He was an ad hoc judge at the EFTA Court, Luxembourg, from 1997 to 2001.   Lithuania – Danutė Jočienė , born in Akmenė (Lithuania) in 1970, has been the Agent of the Government of Lithuania before the European Court of Human Rights since 2003 and was Vice–Dean of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University from 2002 to 2003.   Netherlands – Egbert Myjer , born in Arnhem (the Netherlands) in 1947, has been Chief Advocate–General at the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam since 1996 and Professor of Human Rights at the Free University of Amsterdam since 2000.   Norway – Sverre Jebens , born in Bergen (Norway) in 1949, has been a judge at the High Court of Frostating, Trondheim since 1988.   Re–elected judges   Belgium – Françoise Tulkens (Belgian) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998. She was Vice-President of a Section from 8 November 2001 to 29 April 2003.   Croatia – Nina Vajić (Croatian) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998.   Czech Republic – Karl Jungwiert (Czech) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998.   Estonia – Rait Maruste (Estonian) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998.   Finland – Matti Pellonpää (Finnish) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998. He was a Section President from 1 November 1998 to 30 April 2001 and has been Vice-President of a Section since 20 November 2001.   France – Jean–Paul Costa (French) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998. He was Vice-President of a Section from 1 November 1998 until 1 May 2000 and has been a Section President since 1 May 2000 and Vice–President of the Court since 1 November 2001.   Greece – Christos Rozakis (Greek) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge and Vice–President of the Court and a Section President since 1 November 1998.   Ireland – John Hedigan (Irish) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998.   Liechtenstein – Lucius Caflisch (Swiss) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998.   Poland – Lech Garlicki (Polish) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 26 June 2002.   Russia – Anatoly Kovler (Russian) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 21 September 1999.   Sweden – Elisabeth Fura–Sandström (Swedish) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 2 April 2003.   United Kingdom – Nicolas Bratza (United Kingdom) has been a European Court of Human Rights judge since 1 November 1998. He was a Section President from 1 November 1998 to 30 April 2001 and has been a Section President since 1 November 2001.   ***   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 by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1 November 1998 it has sat as a full–time Court composed of an equal number of judges to that of the States party to the Convention. The Court examines the admissibility and merits of applications submitted to it. It sits in Chambers of 7 judges or, in exceptional cases, as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervises the execution of the Court’s judgments. [1]   See http://assembly.coe.int for full biographical details of all the judges elected and candidates.