Dean Spielmann

Dean Spielmann ( born October 26, 1962 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourgian jurist and since 1 November 2012 President of the European Court of Human Rights.

Life

Spielmann was born in 1962, the son of Alphonse Spielmann lawyers in Luxembourg. At the Université catholique de Louvain, he began his law studies, which he successfully completed in 1988. The following year he joined the Luxembourg Bar Association. He continued his studies continued at the University of Cambridge, where he belonged to the Fitzwilliam College. There he earned a Master of Laws in 1990. His thesis dealt with the extent to which the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights can be found on civilians application.

From 1992 to 2004 he practiced in Luxembourg from the legal profession, where he worked as a partner in a law firm since 2001. Between 1996 and 1998 he was a member of the Executive Board of the National Bar Association. Furthermore, Spielmann operated in university teaching: As an assistant professor, he taught first from 1991 to 1997 at his alma mater in Louvain criminal law. Other teaching assignments took him later to the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg (1996-2004) and the University of Nancy 2 ( 1997 to 2008 ).

In 2004 he was elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights. His father was a member of this Court. On 1 February 2011 he chaired the fifth section was transferred. On September 13, 2012, he took over at the same time the post of Vice President. On November 1, 2012, he was followed by Nicolas Bratza after as President of the Court.

From 2000 to 2004, minstrel member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 2002 to 2004 Member of the Network of Independent Experts in Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Institute Grand- Ducal it belongs since 2005 as a full member after he was already an associate member since 2002.