President of the European Court of Human Rights

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The President of the European Court of Human Rights is the chief judge who leads and represents the Court, overseeing its judicial work in interpreting and enforcing the European Convention on Human Rights across member states.

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Label Occurrences
President of the European Court of Human Rights canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court presidency ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
position of authority in an international organization ⓘ
appliesTo Council of Europe legal order ⓘ
European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Council of Europe member states ⓘ
appointedBy judges of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
country France ⓘ
electionMethod elected by the plenary Court ⓘ
hasDuty ensure timely handling of cases ⓘ
liaise with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
safeguard independence of the Court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
applications brought by individuals ⓘ
applications brought by states ⓘ
hasRole allocates cases to judicial formations ⓘ
chairs the Grand Chamber ⓘ
chairs the plenary Court ⓘ
chief judge of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
ensures effective functioning of the Court ⓘ
ensures observance of the Court’s Rules ⓘ
head of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
oversees judicial work of the Court ⓘ
promotes consistency of the Court’s case-law ⓘ
represents the Court in international fora ⓘ
represents the Court in official ceremonies ⓘ
represents the Court in relations with other institutions ⓘ
represents the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
supervises administrative functioning of the Court ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
isPositionIn Council of Europe system ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
Rules of Court of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity France ⓘ
Grand Est ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe elected in respect of a member state of the Council of Europe ⓘ
judge of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
officeType international judicial leadership position ⓘ
partOf European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
reportsTo plenary Court of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
seat France ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
supervises judicial activities of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
termLength three years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

René Cassin → positionHeld → President of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: Cassin