Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire

Doc. 10852
22 March 2006

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Liechtenstein
(in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 7 March 2006

Dear President,

Pursuant to the decision of the Ministers’ Deputies, I am sending you the enclosed list of candidates for the post of judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein.

...

Signed:

Terry Davis

957th meeting – 23 February and 1 March 2006

Item 4.6

European Court of Human Rights – Election of judges –
List of candidatures in respect of Liechtenstein
(CM(2006)22)

Decisions

The Deputies

1. took note of the list of candidates for the election of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights presented in respect of Liechtenstein;

2. agreed to transmit the list of candidates in respect of Liechtenstein to the Parliamentary Assembly.

Ministers’ Deputies

CM Documents

CM(2006)22 1 February 2006

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957 Meeting, 1 March 2006
4 Human Rights

4.6 European Court of Human Rights -
Election of judges – List of candidatures in respect of Liechtenstein (see the list)

CURRICULUM VITAE

I.       Personal details

Name, forename: Mittelberger Philipp

Sex: male

Date and place of birth: 26th January 1970, Vaduz Nationality: Liechtenstein

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

III.       Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities: -

b. Non-judicial legal activities:

Since 1st December 2002	Data Protection Commissioner of the Principality of Liechtenstein
15.5.2002 - 30.11.2002	Legal advisor in the Ministry of Justice of Liechtenstein responsible for, inter alla, insolvency and inheritance legislation
01.11.2000 - 31.4.2002	Legal advisor of the Permanent Representation of the Representation of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe. During this time period, the second chairmanship of Liechtenstein of the Committee of Ministers took place (May to November 2001). Activities concerned, in particular, the monitoring procedures of the Committee of Ministers and of the Parliamentary Assembly
01.7.1998 - 31.10.2000	Legal advisor of the Permanent Representation of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe, (part time job). Activities concerned, in particular, the preparation of different law issues concerning Council of Europe Treaties, the preparation of statements of the Government in the context of the thematical Monitoring Procedure of the Committee of Ministers, participation at regular meetings concerning particular items of the Committee of Ministers, participation at meetings of the Group de Rapporteurs on legal questions (GR-J)

02.10.1996 - 31.12.1997

Second traineeship at the Permanent Representation of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe

02.10. 1995 - 29.3.1996

First traineeship at the Permanent Representation of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe

c. Non-legal professional activities: -

01.11.2000 - 31.4.2002	Activities concerned, in particular, certain political issues dealt with by the Committee of Ministers and prepared by its Rapporteur Group (GR-EDS)
01.7.1998 - 31.10.2000	Activities concerned, in particular, the participation at regular meetings of the Committee of Ministers concerning particular items, prepared by its “Groupe de rapporteurs sur les relations avec les pays d'Europe Centrale et Oriental” (GR-EL)

IV.        Activities and experience in the field of human rights

Since lst December 2002	Data Protection Commissioner of the Principality of Liechtenstein
15.5.2002 - 30.11.2002	Legal advisor in the Ministry of Justice of Liechtenstein responsible for, in particular, the protection of personal data, public and private procedural law. The activity during this time period includes the treatment of two cases which were communicated by the Court for Human Rights to the Government
01.11.2000 - 31.4.2002	Legal advisor of the Permanent Representation of the Representation of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe. Activities concerned mostly human rights, in particular regular Committee of Ministers and DH-meetings concerning the execution of judgments, meetings of the Rapporteur Group for Human Rights (GR-H), meetings of the CDDH, human rights matters dealt with by the Parliamentary Assembly
1.7.1998 - 31.10.2000	Legal advisor of the Permanent Representation of the Representation of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe, (part time job). Activities concerned, in particular, participation at meetings of the Committee of Ministers' Rapporteur Group on Human Rights (GR-H), participation at regular meetings concerning particular items and participation at DH meetings concerning the execution of judgments of the Committee of Ministers, human rights matters dealt with by the Parliamentary Assembly. The activity during this time period includes the treatment of one case, which were communicated by the Court for Human Rights to the Government.
04.1.1999 -31.10. 2000	Programme Manager in the Secretariat of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) (50%)
01.4.1996 - 28.6.1996	Traineeship at the European Commission for Human Rights

V.       Public activities

      a.        Public office:

Since January 2003

Observer in the Article 29 Working Party of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

Since December 2003	Observer in the Association of Swiss Data Protection Commissioners Member of the European Data Protection Conference Member of the International Data Protection Conference
2001 - 2004	Member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)

b.        Elected posts: -

c.        Posts held in a political party or movement: -

VI.       Other activities: -

a. Field

h. Duration

c. Functions

VII. Publications and other works

The Data Protection Act of Liechtenstein – an Introduction, Liechtensteinische Juristen-Zeitung, June 2003, pages 48- 55

The case-law of the permanent European Court for Human Rights concerning the Right to Property – Stocktaking after two years of activity: Europische Grundrechte Zeitschrift (EuGRZ) 2001, pages 364-371

The protection of property according to Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the ECHR in the light of the case-law of the Strasbourg organs, PhD, Abhandlungen zum schweizerischen Recht, Band 639, Bern 2000

(You may indicate the total number of books and articles published, but mention only the most important titles (maximum 8))

VIII. Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	VG        G       F	VG        G       F	VG        G       F
a. First language
- German (Veuillez préciser) b. Official languages:	Xq       q       q	Xq       q       q	q X       q       q
- English	Xq       q       q	q X       q       q	q X       q       q
- French c. Other languages:	Xq       q       q	q X       q       q	q X       q       q
- Spanish	q       q       qX	q       q       qX	q       q       qX
- Italian	q       q       qX	q       q       qX	q       q       qX

IX.       Other relevant information: -

X.       Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court

Herewith, I confirm that, if elected, I would take up permanent residence in Strasbourg.

Curriculum vitae

I.         Personal details

Name, forename:       Villiger, Mark

Sex       Male

Date and place of birth       17.05.1950 in Louis Trichardt/South Africa

Nationality       Swiss

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

1992       Professor (Titularprofessor), University of Zürich/Switzerland

1985       Privatdozent (habilitiert, agrégé) with tenure at the University of Zurich in the subjects: public international law and European law.

1978       Doctorate at the University of Zürich (magna cum laude; doctoral thesis: summa cum laude)

1976       Law degree (Licentiate) at the University of Zürich

1971       Austrian matriculation examination (Matura); Swiss federal matriculation examination

1962-1971       Stella Matutina High School in Feldkirch/Austria

1959-1962       St. John’s Preparatory School, Johannesburg/South Africa

1956-1959       Primary school in Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques)/Moçambique

III.      Relevant professional activities

a.  Judicial activities

Since 2002       Deputy Registrar in the 3^rd Section of the European Court of Human Rights

1991-2002       Head of Division in the European Court of Human Rights Registry; previously in the European Commission of Human Rights Secretariat

1983-1991       Legal administrator in the European Commission of Human Rights Secretariat

b.  Non-judicial legal activities

Teaching at the University of Zurich (seminars and lectures) including:

Law of international organisations

Law of the United Nations; reform of the United Nations

International judicial settlement of disputes

Public international law at a time of change

Universal protection of human rights

European Convention on Human Rights

Protection of minorities in international law

Humanitarian law and human rights

Prohibition of the use of force, laws of war, neutrality

Switzerland and public international law

Practical exercises in Swiss public and federal constitutional law

Practical exercises in European law

Hague Academy of International Law (invitations)

• Practitioners’ course on the international protection of human rights (27-29 March 2006);

• Lectures on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Summer 2009).

Other lectures/teaching

at universities and to judges, parliamentary commissions, bar associations, police and prison officers, administrative authorities and private associations (inter alia, human rights institutes) on human rights, public international law and national public law in:

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and USA.

Human Rights Chamber in Sarajevo

• First Registrar of the Human Rights Chamber in Sarajevo (1997).

• Drafting the Rules of Procedure of the Human Rights Chamber (Court) and of the Ombudsperson in Sarajevo in Bosnia/Herzegovina (1997; implementation of the Dayton/Ohio Agreement).

Current research project

Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (approximately 1’000 pages) supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation

c.  Non-legal professional activities:        ---

IV.      Activities and experience in the field of human rights

See above:

• since 1998 in the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights and from 1983-1998 in the Secretariat of the European Commission of Human Rights)

• teaching human rights at university and to practitioners

V.       Public activities       ---

VI.       Other activities

1981-1983       Bye-Fellow, University of Cambridge/Great Britain (Robinson College) (preparation of the Habilitationsschrift / thèse d’agrégation and tutoring)

1978-1981        Assistant at the University of Zurich to Professors W. Kägi and D. Schindler (assisting in teaching and research)

VII.       Publications and other works

I have published 3 books and 27 articles on human rights and on international, European and Swiss law, including:

Books:

• Handbook on the European Convention on Human Rights (“Handbuch der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention”), 2nd edition, Schulthess/Switzerland 1999, 520 pages

• “Customary International Law and Treaties”, 2nd edition, Kluwer/ Netherlands 1997, 346 pages

• Swiss Expatriates and Swiss International Jurisdiction (“Auslandschweizer und die schweizerische internationale Zuständigkeit”), doctoral thesis, Schulthess/ Switzerland 1978, 244 pages

• Co-Editor together with M. de Salvia, “The Birth of European Human Rights Law. L’éclosion du Droit européen des Droits de l’Homme. Liber Amicorum C.A. Nørgaard”, Nomos/Germany 1998

Articles:

• Effects of the decisions of the organs of the European Convention on Human Rights, especially in Switzerland (“Die Wirkungen der Entscheidungen der EMRK-Organe im innerstaatlichen Recht, namentlich in der Schweiz”), Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht 104/I, 1985, pp. 469 ff

• Equity in International Law (“Billigkeit im Völkerrecht”), Archiv des Völkerrechts 25, 1987, pp. 174 ff

• The obligation to give reasons for decisions (“Pflicht zur Begründung von Verfügungen”), Schweizerisches Zentralblatt für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht 90, 1989, pp. 137 ff

• Interpretation of Treaties: “Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights”, in: Festschrift für Georg Ress, 2005, pp. 317 ff

VIII.       Languages

Language	Reading			Writing			Speaking
	VG	G	F	VG	G	F	VG	G	F
a. First languages
German	X			X			X
English	X			X			X
b. Other official language:
- French	X			X			X

IX.       Other relevant information:       ---

X.       Confirmation

I confirm that if I am elected a judge on the Court I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg.

Dr. iur. Ursula Wachter
M.B.L.-HSG Rechtsanwältin

Schimmelgasse 18
P. O. Box 954
FL-9490 Vaduz

Fürstentum Liechtenstein

Telefon ++423 / 23 505 23 Telefax ++423 / 23 505 25
E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ursulaw.li

CURRICULUM VITAE

I.       Personal details

Surname, name       Dr. iur. Ursula Wachter, M.B.L.-HSG (Executive Master of European and       
International Business Law)

Sex       Female

Date and place of birth       12th March 1957, Vaduz, Liechtenstein on

Nationality       Liechtenstein nationality

II.       Education and academic and other qualifications

1964 – 1969	Primary School in Vaduz
1969 – 1977	Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium in Vaduz, (Baccalauréat)
1977 – 1981	Studies of languages in France, Spain, England and Switzerland (Geneva)
1981 – 1985	Studies of law at Innsbruck University, Austria
1985 – 1989	Trainee lawyer with the Liechtenstein Government, the Princely Court of Law and in a Liechtenstein law firm in order to gain the practical experience required for the bar exam.
1989	Admitted to bar
1994	Certificate in European Economic Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2001	Degree of a Executive Master of European and International Business Law, M.B.L.-HSG, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

III.       Relevant professional activities

a)       Judicial activities

      Judge at the Liechtenstein Administrative Court in 1993

b)       Non-judicial activities

      Since 1990 in own law firm, dealing with cases in the fields of Private, Public and International law before all courts and public authorities in Liechtenstein.

IV.        Activities and experience in the field of human rights

The provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are part of the Liechtenstein law. A litigation lawyer is constantly aware of them and argues accordingly if appropriate

V.       Public activities

a)        Public offices

From 1998 until 2005 :       President of the Liechtenstein Bar Association

b)        Posts held in a political movement

Since August 2002 involved in the Liechtenstein movement for more democratic rights. Representative of the initiators of the people's initiative for the amendment of the constitution in 2002/2003. From June 2003 until May 2005, President of the Association for the Improvement of People's Rights (Verein zur Stärkung der Volksrechte). Since March 2005, member of the board of the parent organisation, the Liechtenstein Movement for Democracy (Liechtensteinische Demokratiebewegung).

In the eighties, involved in women's liberation activities, i.e. in particular, supporting the people's initiative for equal rights for women and men and defending the interests of individuals before the Liechtenstein Constitutional Court.

VI.       Other activities

a) Field

Environmental Protection

b) Duration and Functions

From 1990 until 2005 member of the board of the Liechtenstein Society for Environmental Protection (LGU)

VII. Publications and other works

Protagonist in a documentary on the women's liberation movement in Liechtenstein.

VIII.        Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	VG       G       F	VG       G       F	VG       G       F
a) First language German	X       q       q	X       q       q	X       q       q
b) Official languages English French	X       q       q X       q       q	X       q       q X       q       q	X       q       q X       q       q
c) Other languages Spanish	q        X       q	q       X       q	q       q        X	r,

IX.        Confirmation

I confirm, that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge to the Court.

Vaduz, November 21, 2005       Signature