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Robert Spano elected President of the European Court of Human Rights

Icelandic judge Robert Spano has been elected President of the European Court of Human Rights.

Judge Spano, who is currently a Vice-President of the Court, has been the judge in respect of Iceland since November 2013.

He studied law in Iceland and the United Kingdom and has worked in a range of judicial, academic and expert positions at both national and international level. Judge Spano will take over from the current President, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (Greece), on 18 May 2020.


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ECHR Strasbourg 23 April 2020
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