María Elósegui

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Elósegui (2014)

María Elósegui Itxaso (born December 7, 1957 in San Sebastián ) is a Spanish lawyer , philosopher , university lecturer and judge at the European Court of Human Rights .

Live and act

Elósegui first studied philosophy at the University of Navarra , where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1980 and her Master of Arts in philosophy in 1986 . A year later, she was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. From 1982 to 1988 she was a lecturer at the University of Bilbao . From 1988 to 1990 she worked as a research assistant at the University of Glasgow . During this stay, she obtained another master's degree in philosophy. In 1994, after completing a corresponding degree in law at the University of Saint-Louis in Brussels, she obtained a master's degree in law. In 2002 she was also awarded a Dr. iur. PhD.

Elósegui had already taken up an assistant professorship for legal philosophy at the University of Zaragoza in 1991 , and in 1994 she took over the full professorship for legal philosophy, human rights and legal theory there, which she held until 2018. Several research stays have taken her to the University of Kiel as well as to the Directorate of the Council of Europe and the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg . In addition, she was a member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance and the Bioethics Commission of Aragon.

In January 2018, Elósegui was elected as the successor to Luis López Guerra as representative of Spain as judge at the European Court of Human Rights . She began her term of office, which is expected to last until 2027, on March 15, 2018.

criticism

In the run-up to her election as a judge at the ECHR, Elósgui had repeatedly been accused of homophobic tendencies. The Spanish media attributed her to statements that, among other things, establish a connection between homosexuality and pathologies or describe transsexuality itself as a "disease".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PACE elects María Elósegui Ichaso judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Spain , accessed on September 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Martin Dahms: Homophobic judge. Frankfurter Rundschau , January 28, 2018, accessed on September 7, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Elósegui, María
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elósegui, María Itxaso (full name); Elósegui, María Ichaso (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish philosopher and judge at the European Court of Human Rights
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH San Sebastian