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Pere Pastor Vilanova

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Pere Pastor Vilanova
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
in respect of Andorra
Assumed office
1 November 2015
Appointed byParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Personal details
Born29 November 1968 (1968-11-29) (age 55)
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Alma materIEP de Toulouse
Montpellier Business School
École nationale d'administration
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (PhD in public law)
ProfessionJudge

Pere Pastor Vilanova (born 29 November 1968) is an Andorran judge and jurist. He was appointed in November 2015 as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)[1] and elected Section President on 19 September 2022.

Education

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Pere Pastor Vilanova graduated from Sciences Po Toulouse in 1990 with a degree in politics.[2] He also holds a master’s degree in business, administrative and financial studies from the Montpellier Business School, which he obtained in 1992.[1] He then continued his studies at the École nationale d’administration de Paris (promotion Saint-Exupéry) and was awarded a master’s degree in public administration in 1994.[1] In 2002 he obtained a PhD in public law from the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole.[1]

Professional career

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After three years as head of the Andorran Ministry of the Interior he became a trial judge (Batlle) in 1998. He held this position until October 2011, when he became the first judge of Andorran nationality to sit on the Supreme Court of Andorra. In parallel, between 2005 and 2015, he was a member of the Bioethics Committee (DH-BIO)[3] of the Council of Europe.[1][4]

In April 2015 he was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to be a judge of the European Court of Human Rights. He took office on 1 November 2015[5][6] and will hold this position until the end of 2024. He was elected Section President on 19 September 2022 for a two-year term.[7]

Since 2005, Pere Pastor Vilanova has also been a lecturer at the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, mostly promoting Andorran law within the French university system.

Publications

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He is the author of several legal books and articles, notably on human rights, the environment and family and labour law.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e European Court of Human Rights (13 September 2021). "Judges of the Court". Council of Europe.
  2. ^ "Sciences Po Toulouse Alumni - En bref #7". Sciences Po Toulouse Alumni (in French). 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "La Bioéthique au Conseil de l'Europe". Bioéthique (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Pere Pastor es nombrado nuevo juez andorrano del Tribunal Europeo de DDHH". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Parlementary Assembly of the Council of Europe (21 April 2015). "PACE elects Pere Pastor Vilanova judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Andorra".
  6. ^ "PACE elects Pere Pastor Vilanova judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Andorra". The FINANCIAL. 22 April 2015.
  7. ^ "European Court of Human Rights elections 2022". hudoc.echr.coe.int. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Pere Pastor Vilanova - Librería Tirant Lo Blanch". editorial.tirant.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.