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European Court of Human Rights

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) hears and decides particular type of complaints. These complaints relate to abuse of human rights. ECoHR’s other popular name is "Strasbourg Court". Member countries of the Council of Europe created ECoHR to arrange all such complaints, listen to the complaints, and to give decisions. European Convention on Human Rights tells about many human rights. ECoHR sees that people should enjoy all these human rights.

ECoHR' has a number of judges. The number of judges is seven normally but at the case of dealing a great issue, the number will be 21 and the judges are equally from member countries of the Council of Europe. At present, there are forty seven member countries of the Council of Europe. Each country may have one judge in the ECoHR. But, judges work independently for the ECoHR, and not for their country.

Name Country Position Elected Term Ends[1]
Dean Spielmann Luxembourg Luxembourg President 2004
Josep Casadevall Andorra Andorra vice-president 1998 31 October 2015
Guido Raimondi Italy Italy vice-president 2010 5 May 2019
Ineta Ziemele Latvia Latvia Section President 2005 31 October 2015
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre Monaco Monaco Section President 2006 10 September 2015
Mark Villiger Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Section President 2006 31 August 2015
Boštjan Zupančič Slovenia Slovenia Judge 1998 31 October 2015
Elisabeth Steiner Austria Austria Judge 2001 31 October 2015
Alvina Gyulumyan Armenia Armenia Judge 2003 31 October 2015
Khanlar Hajiyev Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Judge 2004 31 October 2015
Ján Šikuta Slovakia Slovakia Judge 2004 31 October 2013
Dragoljub Popović Serbia Serbia Judge 2005 3 April 2014
Päivi Hirvelä Finland Finland Judge 2007 31 December 2015
George Nicolaou Cyprus Cyprus Judge 2008 16 September 2015
Luis López Guerra Spain Spain Judge 2008 31 January 2017
András Sajó Hungary Hungary Judge 2008 31 January 2017
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Judge 2008 31 January 2017
Ledi Bianku Albania Albania Judge 2008 31 January 2017
Nona Tsotsoria Georgia (country) Georgia Judge 2008 31 January 2017
Ann Power-Forde Republic of Ireland Ireland Judge 2008 2 March 2017
Zdravka Kalaydjieva Bulgaria Bulgaria Judge 2008 30 April 2017
Ayşe Işıl Karakaş Turkey Turkey Judge 2008 30 April 2017
Nebojša Vučinić Montenegro Montenegro Judge 2008 26 August 2017
Kristina Pardalos San Marino San Marino Judge 2009 20 September 2018
Ganna Yudkivska Ukraine Ukraine Judge 2010 14 June 2019
Vincent De Gaetano Malta Malta Judge 2010 19 September 2019
Angelika Nussberger Germany Germany Judge 2011 31 December 2019
Julia Laffranque Estonia Estonia Judge 2011 3 January 2020
Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque Portugal Portugal Judge 2011 1 April 2020
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos Greece Greece Judge 2011 18 January 2020
Erik Møse Norway Norway Judge 2011 9 October 2020
Helen Keller Switzerland Switzerland Judge 2011 4 October 2020
André Potocki France France Judge 2011 21 June 2020
Paul Lemens Belgium Belgium Judge 2012 13 September 2021
Helena Jäderblom Sweden Sweden Judge 2012 31 October 2021
Paul Mahony United Kingdom United Kingdom Judge 2012 1 November 2021
Aleš Pejchal Czech Republic Czech Republic Judge 2012 1 November 2021
Johannis Silvis Netherlands Netherlands Judge 2012 1 November 2021
Krzysztof Wojtyczek Poland Poland Judge 2012 1 November 2021
Valeriu Gritco Moldova Moldova Judge 2012 1 November 2020
Faris Vehabović Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Judge 2012 3 December 2020
Ksenija Turković Croatia Croatia Judge 2012 31 October 2021
Dmitry Dedov Russia Russia Judge 2013 31 October 2022
Egidijus Kūris Lithuania Lithuania Judge 2013 31 October 2022
Robert R Spano Iceland Iceland Judge 2013 30 October 2022
Iulia Motoc Romania Romania Judge 2013 18 December 2022
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro Denmark Denmark Judge 2014 2 April 2023

References

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  1. "Procedure for electing judges to the European Court of Human Rights" (PDF). Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 9 February 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2011.