Lucius Wildhaber
Luzius Wildhaber (right) shaking hands with Vladimir Putin
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
In office
1991–1998
In office
1998 – 2007 (President of the ECHR)
Judge in Liechtenstein
In office
1975–1988
Personal details
Born18 January 1937
Basel, Switzerland
Died22 July 2020

Luzius Wildhaber (18 January 1937, Basel, Switzerland – 22 July 2020[1]) was a Swiss judge. He was the first president of the European Court of Human Rights in its new format after the ratification of Protocol 11, which opened up direct access for citizens from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.

Education

He studied law at the University of Basel, and Yale where he obtained a Master of Laws in 1965 and Doctor in Juridical Science in 1968.[2]

Professional career

He became a professor of law at the University of Fribourg in 1971.[2] He was a judge in Liechtenstein between 1975 and 1988[3] and a lecturer on international law and constitutional law at the University of Basel between 1977 and 1998.[4] At the university he served as professor, dean and rector at different times.[3] He was elected a judge of the European Court of Human rights in 1991 and served as its president between 1 November 1998 to 18 January 2007.[1] One of the cases over which presided was the appeal of Abdullah Öcalan.[5] He died on 22 July 2020.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ a b "Luzius Wildhaber, President of the European Court of Human Rights" (PDF). European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Luzius Wildhaber verstorben". www.oeaw.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Ehemaliger Rektor Luzius Wildhaber gestorben". www.unibas.ch (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Tod von Luzius Wildhaber - Ein Kämpfer für die Menschenrechte". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ "DFR - EGMR 46221/99 - Öcalan v. Turkey". www.servat.unibe.ch. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Luzius Wildhaber – Marcel Benoist Stiftung". marcel-benoist.ch. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Honorary doctors". www.unine.ch. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Luzius Wildhaber erhält Anna-Göldi-Preis". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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