List of judges at the European Court of Human Rights
This list gives an overview of all judges who have worked at the European Court of Human Rights so far . According to Art. 20 ECHR, every state that has signed the European Convention on Human Rights may send a judge to the ECHR. A total of 182 judges from 47 countries have spoken at the ECHR, 38 of them were women.
Judge
| Surname | country | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaq Traja (* 1955) | Albania | November 1, 1998 | 2008 |
| Ledi Bianku (* 1971) | Albania | February 1, 2008 | January 31, 2017 |
| Josep Casadevall (* 1946) | Andorra | 1996 | October 31, 2015 |
| Pere Pastor Vilanova (* 1968) | Andorra | November 1, 2015 | October 31, 2024 |
| Alwina Gjulumjan (* 1956) | Armenia | 2003 | October 31, 2014 |
| Armen Harutjunjan (* 1964) | Armenia | 17th September 2015 | September 16, 2024 |
| Xanlar Hacıyev (* 1956) | Azerbaijan | 2003 | October 31, 2015 9 |
| Henri Rolin (1891–1973) | Belgium | April 20, 1959 | 1971 |
| Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch (1900–1993) | Belgium | 1973 | 1986 |
| Jan De Meyer (1921-2014) | Belgium | 1986 | October 31, 1998 |
| Françoise Tulkens (* 1942) | Belgium | November 1, 1998 | September 12, 2012 |
| Paul Lemmens (* 1954) | Belgium | September 13, 2012 | September 12, 2021 |
| Ljiljana Mijović (* 1964) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | May 19, 2004 | October 31, 2011 |
| Faris Vehabović (* 1967) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3rd December 2012 | December 2, 2021 |
| Dimitar Gotschew (* 1936) | Bulgaria | 1992 | October 31, 1998 |
| Snejana Botoutscharowa (* 1955) | Bulgaria | November 1, 1998 | 2008 |
| Sdrawka Kalajdschiewa (* 1951) | Bulgaria | May 1, 2008 | February 28, 2015 |
| Yonko Grozev (* 1965) | Bulgaria | April 13, 2015 | April 12, 2024 |
| Alf Ross (1899–1979) | Denmark | April 20, 1959 | 1971 |
| Helga Pedersen (1911–1980) | Denmark | 1971 | 1980 |
| Max Sørensen (1913–1981) | Denmark | 1980 | September 10, 1981 |
| Jørgen Gersing (1927–1988) | Denmark | 1982 | June 8, 1988 |
| Isi Foighel (1927-2007) | Denmark | 1988 | October 31, 1998 |
| Peer Lorenzen (* 1944) | Denmark | November 1, 1998 | 2014 |
| Jon Fridrik Kjølbro (* 1967) | Denmark | April 1, 2014 | March 31, 2023 |
| Hermann Mosler (1912-2001) | Germany | April 20, 1959 | 1980 |
| Rudolf Bernhardt (* 1925) | Germany | 1981 | October 31, 1998 |
| Georg Ress (* 1935) | Germany | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2004 |
| Renate Jaeger (* 1940) | Germany | November 1, 2004 | December 30, 2010 |
| Angelika Nussberger (* 1963) | Germany | January 1, 2011 | December 31, 2019 |
| Anja Seibert-Fohr (* 1969) | Germany | January 1, 2020 | December 31, 2028 |
| Uno Lõhmus (* 1952) | Estonia | 1994 | October 31, 1998 |
| Rait Maruste (* 1953) | Estonia | November 1, 1998 | December 31, 2010 |
| Julia Laffranque (* 1974) | Estonia | January 4, 2011 | January 3, 2020 |
| Raimo Pekkanen (* 1927) | Finland | 1989 | October 31, 1998 |
| Matti Pellonpää (* 1950) | Finland | November 1, 1998 | 2006 |
| Päivi Hirvelä (* 1954) | Finland | January 1, 2007 | December 31, 2015 |
| Pauliine Koskelo (* 1956) | Finland | January 1, 2016 | December 31, 2024 |
| René Cassin (1887–1976) | France | April 20, 1959 | February 20, 1976 |
| Pierre-Henri Teitgen (1908–1997) | France | 1976 | 1980 |
| Louis-Edmond Pettiti (1916–1998) | France | 1980 | October 31, 1998 |
| Jean-Paul Costa (* 1941) | France | November 1, 1998 | November 3, 2011 |
| André Potocki (* 1950) | France | November 4, 2011 | 21 Jun 2020 |
| Mindia Ugrechelidse (* 1942) | Georgia | 1999 | 2008 |
| Nona Zozoria (* 1973) | Georgia | February 1, 2008 | January 31, 2017 |
| Georges Maridakis (1890–1979) | Greece | April 20, 1959 | December 31, 1970 |
| Dimitrios Evrigis (1925–1986) | Greece | 1975 | January 27, 1986 |
| Nicolas Valticos (1918-2003) | Greece | 1986 | October 31, 1998 |
| Christos Rozakis (* 1941) | Greece | November 1, 1998 | May 17, 2011 |
| Linos-Alexander Sicilianos (* 1960) | Greece | May 18, 2011 | 17th May 2020 |
| Arnold Duncan McNair (1885-1975) | Great Britain | April 20, 1959 | 1966 |
| Sir Humphrey Waldock (1904-1981) | Great Britain | 1966 | 1974 |
| Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice (1901-1982) | Great Britain | 1975 | 1980 |
| Sir Vincent Evans (1915-2007) | Great Britain | 1980 | 1991 |
| Sir John Freeland (1927-2014) | Great Britain | 1991 | October 31, 1998 |
| Sir Nicolas Bratza (* 1945) | Great Britain | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2012 |
| Paul Mahoney (born 1946) | Great Britain | November 1, 2012 | September 6, 2016 |
| Richard McGonigal (1902-1964) | Ireland | April 20, 1959 | January 24, 1964 |
| Conor Maguire (1889–1971) | Ireland | 1965 | 1971 |
| Philip O'Donoghue (1896-1987) | Ireland | 1971 | 1980 |
| Brian Walsh (1918-1998) | Ireland | 1980 | March 9, 1998 |
| John Hedigan (born 1948) | Ireland | November 1, 1998 | 2007 |
| Ann Power-Forde (born 1962) | Ireland | March 3, 2008 | September 30, 2014 |
| Síofra O'Leary (* 1968) | Ireland | 2nd July 2015 | July 1, 2024 |
| Einar Arnalds (1911–1997) | Iceland | April 20, 1959 | 1967 |
| Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson (1908–1995) | Iceland | 1967 | 1971 |
| Þór Heimir Vilhjálmsson (1930-2015) | Iceland | 1971 | October 31, 1998 |
| Gaukur Jörundsson (1934-2004) | Iceland | November 1, 1998 | September 22, 2004 |
| David Thór Björgvinsson (* 1956) | Iceland | November 1, 2004 | October 31, 2013 |
| Róbert Ragnar Spanó (* 1972) | Iceland | 1. November 2013 | October 31, 2022 |
| Giorgio Balladore Pallieri (1905–1980) | Italy | April 20, 1959 | December 9, 1980 |
| Carlo Russo (1920-2007) | Italy | 1981 | October 31, 1998 |
| Benedetto Conforti (* 1930) | Italy | November 1, 1998 | 2001 |
| Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (* 1940) | Italy | 2001 | 2010 |
| Guido Raimondi (* 1953) | Italy | May 5, 2010 | 4th May 2019 |
| Nina Vajić (* 1948) | Croatia | November 1, 1998 | January 1, 2013 |
| Ksenija Turković (* 1964) | Croatia | January 2, 2013 | January 1, 2022 |
| Egils Levits (* 1955) | Latvia | 1995 | 2004 |
| Ineta Ziemele (* 1970) | Latvia | September 6, 2005 | December 31, 2014 |
| Mārtiņš Mits (* 1972) | Latvia | 3rd September 2015 | September 2, 2024 |
| Ronald St. John Macdonald (1928-2006) | Liechtenstein 1 | 1980 | October 31, 1998 |
| Lucius Caflisch (* 1936) | Liechtenstein 2 | November 1, 1998 | August 31, 2006 |
| Mark Villiger (* 1950) | Liechtenstein 2 | September 1, 2006 | August 31, 2015 |
| Carlo Ranzoni (* 1965) | Liechtenstein 2 | September 1, 2015 | August 31, 2024 |
| Pranas Kūris (* 1938) | Lithuania | 1994 | April 30, 2004 |
| Danutė Jočienė (* 1970) | Lithuania | November 1, 2004 | October 31, 2013 |
| Egidijus Kūris (* 1961) | Lithuania | 1. November 2013 | October 31, 2022 |
| Eugène Rodenbourg (1895-1975) | Luxembourg | April 20, 1959 | 1st October 1975 |
| Henri Delvaux (1911–1997) | Luxembourg | 1976 | 1977 |
| Léon Liesch (1918–1985) | Luxembourg | 1977 | 1985 |
| Alphonse Spielmann (1931-2006) | Luxembourg | 1985 | October 31, 1998 |
| Marc Fischbach (* 1946) | Luxembourg | November 1, 1998 | January 15, 2004 |
| Dean Spielmann (* 1962) | Luxembourg | August 30, 2004 | October 31, 2015 |
| Georges Ravarani (* 1954) | Luxembourg | November 1, 2015 | May 1, 2024 |
| John Cremona (* 1918) | Malta | 1965 | 1992 |
| Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici (* 1930) | Malta | 1992 | October 31, 1998 |
| Giovanni Bonello (* 1936) | Malta | November 1, 1998 | September 19, 2010 3 |
| Vincent De Gaetano (* 1952) | Malta | 20th September 2010 | 19th September 2019 |
| Margarita Tsatsa-Nikolovska (* 1950) | Macedonia | November 1, 1998 | 2008 |
| Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska (* 1963) | Macedonia | February 1, 2008 | January 31, 2017 |
| Tudor Panţîru (* 1951) | Moldova | 1996 | October 31, 2001 |
| Stanislav Pavlovschi (* 1955) | Moldova | November 1, 2001 | 2008 |
| Mihai Poalelungi (* 1962) | Moldova | May 1, 2008 | April 30, 2012 |
| Valeriu Grițco (* 1959) | Moldova | 3rd December 2012 | December 2, 2021 |
| Isabelle Berro (* 1965) | Monaco | September 11, 2006 | July 31, 2015 |
| Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström (* 1970) | Monaco | 17th September 2015 | September 16, 2024 |
| Nebojša Vučinić (* 1953) | Montenegro | August 27, 2008 | 26th August 2017 |
| Frederik Mari Baron van Asbeck Asbeck (1889–1968) | Netherlands | April 20, 1959 | 1966 |
| Gérard Wiarda (1906–1988) | Netherlands | 1966 | 1985 |
| André Donner (1918–1992) | Netherlands | 1986 | 1987 |
| Sibrand Karel Martens (1930-2001) | Netherlands | 1988 | 1996 |
| Pieter van Dijk (* 1943) | Netherlands | 1996 | October 31, 1998 |
| Wilhelmina Thomassen (* 1949) | Netherlands | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2004 |
| Egbert Myjer (* 1947) | Netherlands | November 1, 2004 | October 31, 2012 |
| Johannes Silvis (* 1953) | Netherlands | November 1, 2012 | October 31, 2021 |
| Terje Wold (1899–1972) | Norway | April 20, 1959 | September 6, 1972 |
| Rolv Ryssdal (1914–1998) | Norway | 1973 | February 18, 1998 |
| Hanne Sophie Greve (* 1952) | Norway | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2004 |
| Sverre Erik Jebens (* 1949) | Norway | November 1, 2004 | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Erik Møse (* 1950) | Norway | Sep 1, 2011 | 31 Aug 2020 |
| Alfred Verdroß-Droßberg (1890–1980) | Austria | April 20, 1959 | 1977 |
| Franz Matscher (* 1928) | Austria | 1977 | October 31, 1998 |
| Willi Fuhrmann (1944-2018) | Austria | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2001 |
| Elisabeth Steiner (* 1956) | Austria | November 1, 2001 | October 31, 2015 |
| Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer (* 1955) | Austria | November 1, 2015 | October 31, 2024 |
| Jerzy Makarczyk (* 1938) | Poland | 1992 | June 30, 2002 |
| Lech Garlicki (* 1946) | Poland | July 2, 2002 | October 31, 2012 |
| Krzysztof Wojtyczek (* 1968) | Poland | November 1, 2012 | October 31, 2021 |
| João de Deus Pinheiro Farinha (1919–1994) | Portugal | 1977 | 1991 |
| Manuel António Lopes Rocha (1931-2009) | Portugal | 1991 | October 31, 1998 |
| Ireneu Cabral Barreto (* 1941) | Portugal | November 1, 1998 | March 31, 2011 |
| Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque (born 1966) | Portugal | April 1, 2011 | March 31, 2020 |
| Marin Voicu (* 1944) | Romania | 1996 | October 31, 1998 |
| Corneliu Bîrsan (* 1943) | Romania | November 1, 1998 | December 16, 2013 |
| Iulia Motoc (* 1967) | Romania | 18th December 2013 | December 17, 2022 |
| Vladimir Tumanov (1926–2011) | Russia | 1997 | October 31, 1998 |
| Anatoli Kowler (* 1948) | Russia | 1999 | January 1, 2013 |
| Dmitri Dedow (* 1967) | Russia | January 2, 2013 | January 1, 2022 |
| Federico Bigi (1920–1996) | San Marino | 1991 | April 24, 1996 |
| Luigi Ferrari Bravo (1933-2016) | San Marino 4 | 1998 | October 31, 2001 |
| Antonella Mularoni (* 1961) | San Marino | November 1, 2001 | September 30, 2008 |
| Kristina Pardalos (* 1973) | San Marino | September 21, 2009 | 20th September 2018 |
| Åke Holmbäck (1889–1976) | Sweden | April 20, 1959 | November 10, 1971 |
| Sture Petrén (1908-1976) | Sweden | 1971 | December 13, 1976 |
| Gunnar Lagergren (1912-2008) | Sweden | 1977 | 1988 |
| Elisabeth Palm (* 1936) | Sweden | 1988 | 2003 |
| Elisabet Fura (* 1954) | Sweden | 2003 | May 31, 2012 |
| Helena Jäderblom (* 1958) | Sweden | September 26, 2012 | September 25, 2021 |
| Antoine Favre (1897–1974) | Switzerland | 1963 | November 8, 1974 |
| Denise Bindschedler-Robert (1920–2008) | Switzerland | 1975 | 1991 |
| Luzius Wildhaber (* 1937) | Switzerland | 1991 | January 18, 2007 |
| Giorgio Malinverni (* 1941) | Switzerland | January 19, 2007 | 3rd Oct 2011 |
| Helen Keller (* 1964) | Switzerland | 4th Oct 2011 | 3rd Oct 2020 |
| Dragoljub Popović (* 1951) | Serbia 5 | April 4, 2005 | 2015 |
| Branko Lubarda (* 1955) | Serbia | April 13, 2015 | April 12, 2024 |
| Bohumil Repík (1928–2012) | Slovakia 6 | 1992 | October 31, 1998 |
| Viera Strážnická (1942-2014) | Slovakia | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2004 |
| Ján Šikuta (* 1960) | Slovakia | November 1, 2004 | August 31, 2015 7 |
| Alena Poláčková (* 1964) | Slovakia | January 1, 2016 | December 31, 2024 |
| Peter Jambrek (* 1940) | Slovenia | 1993 | October 31, 1998 |
| Boštjan Zupančič (* 1947) | Slovenia | November 1, 1998 | October 31, 2015 9 |
| Eduardo Garcia de Enterria y Martinez-Carande (1923-2013) | Spain | 1978 | 1986 |
| Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo (1934-2013) | Spain | 1986 | 1990 |
| José María Morenilla Rodríguez (* 1926) | Spain | 1990 | October 31, 1998 |
| José Antonio Pastor Ridruejo (* 1932) | Spain | November 1, 1998 | 2003 |
| Javier Borrego Borrego (* 1949) | Spain | 2003 | 2008 |
| Luis López Guerra (* 1947) | Spain | February 1, 2008 | January 31, 2017 |
| Karel Jungwiert (* 1944) | Czech Republic | 1993 | October 31, 2012 |
| Aleš Pejchal (* 1952) | Czech Republic | November 1, 2012 | October 31, 2021 |
| Kemal Fikret Arık (1913-1965) | Turkey | April 20, 1959 | December 10, 1965 |
| Suat Bilge (1921-2010) | Turkey | 1966 | 1972 |
| Ali Bozer (* 1925) | Turkey | 1973 | 1977 |
| Feyyaz Gölcüklü (1926–2011) | Turkey | 1977 | October 31, 1998 |
| Rıza Towers (* 1941) | Turkey | November 1, 1998 | 2008 |
| Işıl Karakaş (* 1958) | Turkey | May 1, 2008 | April 30, 2017 |
| Volodymyr Butkewytsch (* 1946) | Ukraine | 1996 | November 30, 2008 |
| Hanna Judkiwska (* 1973) | Ukraine | June 15, 2010 | June 14, 2019 |
| András Baka (* 1952) | Hungary | 1991 | 2008 |
| András Sajó (* 1949) | Hungary | February 1, 2008 | January 31, 2017 |
| Mehmet Zekia (1903-1984) | Cyprus | 1961 | 1984 8 |
| Andreas Nicolas Loizou (1926-2002) | Cyprus | 1990 | October 31, 1998 |
| Loukis Loucaides (* 1937) | Cyprus | November 1, 1998 | 2008 |
| George Nicolaou (* 1945) | Cyprus | February 1, 2008 | September 16, 2015 9 |
1 Canadian, proposed by Liechtenstein.
2 Swiss, proposed by Liechtenstein.
3 The term of office already ended on October 31, 2004. Since the list of proposals of the Maltese government was repeatedly rejected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the election of a successor was delayed as a result, the judge remained over him in accordance with Art. 23 (3) sentence 1 ECHR Time out in office.
4 Italians proposed by San Marino.
5 Elected as judge for Serbia-Montenegro. After the dissolution of the state, he took the position of Serbian judge at the ECHR.
6 Elected as judge for the CSSR. Due to the dissolution of the state, his term of office initially ended on January 1, 1993. However, he was re-elected as a judge for Slovakia.
7 The term of office ended on October 31, 2013. As no successor had taken office by then, the judge remained in office beyond this point in time (see Art. 23, Paragraph 3, Sentence 1 of the ECHR) until he himself declared his resignation.
8 The term of office expired on September 25, 1970. Since no successor was proposed by Cyprus, he remained in office in accordance with Article 40, Paragraph 6 of the ECHR.
9 Since no successor has yet taken office, the judges remain in office beyond the end of their term of office in accordance with Article 23, Paragraph 3, Clause 1 of the ECHR.
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| Surname | country | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polys Modinos (1899–1988) | Greece | 1959 | 1962 |
| Heribert Golsong (1927-2000) | Germany | 1963 | 1968 |
| Marc-André Eissen (1929–1996) | France | 1968 | 1994 |
| Herbert Petzold (* 1935) | Germany | 1995 | October 31, 1998 |
| Michele de Salvia (* 1940) | Italy | November 1, 1998 | 2001 |
| Paul Mahoney (born 1946) | Great Britain | 2001 | 2005 |
| Erik Fribergh (born 1950) | Sweden | November 7, 2005 | November 2015 |
| Roderick Liddell (born 1955) | Great Britain | 1st December 2015 | November 30, 2020 |
| Surname | country | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heribert Golsong (1927-2000) | Germany | 1960 | 1963 |
| Marc-André Eissen (1929–1996) | France | 1966 | 1968 |
| John Smyth (* 1931) | Ireland | 1968 | 1975 |
| Herbert Petzold (* 1935) | Germany | 1975 | 1994 |
| Paul Mahoney (born 1946) | Great Britain | 1995 | 2001 |
| Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (* 1944) | Netherlands | November 1, 1998 | 2002 |
| Erik Fribergh (born 1950) | Sweden | 2002 | 2005 |
| Michael O'Boyle (born 1950) | Ireland | February 13, 2006 | February 2015 |
| Roderick Liddell (born 1955) | Great Britain | July 8, 2015 1 | November 30, 2015 |
| Françoise Elens-Passos (* 1953) | Belgium | 1st December 2015 | November 30, 2020 |
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The list was compiled according to information from
- Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights . since 1959. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
- Erika Engel (among others): European Fundamental Rights Journal . since 1974. NP Engel Verlag, Kehl am Rhein.
- ECHR press releases since 1998, available from HUDOC .
Web links
- Judges of the Court / Composition de la Cour - current composition on the ECHR website (English, French)
