Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Malta

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28 September 2006

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Malta

(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 27 September 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 Malta.

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Signed:

Terry Davis

974th meeting – 27 September 2006

Item 4.8

European Court of Human Rights – Election of judges –

List of candidatures in respect of Malta

(CM(2006)139)

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 Malta;

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

Ministers’ Deputies

CM Documents

CM(2006)139 25 August 2006¹

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974 Meeting, 27 September 2006
4 Human Rights

4.8 European Court of Human Rights
Election of judges – List of candidatures in respect of Malta

For consideration by the GR-H at its meeting on 14 September 2006

> see the list of candidatures

CURRICULUM VITAE

I Personal Details

Name: Camilleri, Joseph David

Sex: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 21.10.44, Malta

Nationality: Maltese

II Education and academic and other qualifications

1962 – 1969: Royal University of Malta

1965: Bachelor of Arts in English, Italian and Economics

1968: Diploma of Notary Public

1969: Doctor of Laws

1970: Warrant to practise law as an advocate in the Courts of Justice of Malta

III Relevant professional activities

a. Judicial activities

1977 - 1983: Magistrate: presiding courts of both Criminal and Civil jurisdiction

Since 1983: Judge of the Superior Courts of Malta

• 1983 - 1995: Judge of the Commercial Court

• Since 1994 : (1) Judge of the Court of Appeal

(2) Judge of the Constitutional Court

• 1996 - 2002: Judge of the Court of Voluntary Jurisdiction, which court also handed down different types of orders, such as adoption orders and interim orders in matrimonial dispute cases including those regarding care and custody, contact, maintenance and orders excluding a particular spouse from the matrimonial home.

• Since 2001: The Senior Judge and appointed Acting Chief Justice on various occasions.

• 2002 : Member of the Rule-Making Board responsible for laying down Rules of Court with the object of ensuring a proper and efficient administration of justice and this in terms of Section 29 of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure.

• Since 2003: Chairman of the Judicial Studies Committee of Malta. This body was set up largely on my initiative and it is charged with the identification and the prioritisation of the initial and continuing education and training needs of Maltese Judges and Magistrates. The Judicial Studies Committee caters for these needs through the organisation of courses, seminars and conferences, as well as through exchanges of judges and co-operation with international bodies having similar objectives. The Judicial Studies Committee has been instrumental in organising much needed training, both for the judiciary as well as for members of the legal profession, in European Law by high profile international experts on the subject.

b. Non Judicial Legal Activities

• 1971 – 1974: Represented the University Guild of Graduates on the supreme governing of the University of Malta, namely its Council.

• Since 1985: Appointed, on a regular basis, examiner in Constitutional Law, Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law by the Faculty of Laws of the University of Malta.

• Since 1985 : Appointed, on a regular basis, examiner of theses submitted by candidates in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Laws by the Faculty of Law of the University of Malta.

• Since 1990 : Appointed, on a regular basis, member of the Board examining lawyers for the warrant to practice law in the Courts of Justice of Malta.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of Human Rights

• 1983 - 1986: Presided the Civil Court of First Instance in a number of high profile cases dealing with fundamental human rights in which certain principles regarding Human Rights were established under difficult circumstances.

(John Lateo et vs. Commissioner of Police - Freedom of Expression of an association, Christian Democrat Students case: 14.09.84;

Tonio Vella vs. Superintendent Carmelo Bonello et. - A. milestone judgment on the constitutional safeguards of arrested persons: 05.12.86)

• 1984 – 1985: Member of the Constitutional Court constituted ad hoc in exceptional and difficult circumstances.

(The Archbishop vs. the Prime Minister: 22.10.84)

• Since 1994 : One of the three Judges forming the Constitutional Court. This Court is Malta's highest court and its jurisdiction largely involves the hearing and determination of numerous appeals from decisions handed down by the Civil Court of First Instance in cases involving the fundamental rights and freedom of the individual.

V. Public activities

a. Public Office

Since 2002: Member of the Commission for the Administration of Justice, elected by the Judges of the Superior Courts as their representative. This Commission is set up in terms of Section 101A of the Constitution of Malta and is chaired by the President of the Republic of Malta and in its function is analogous to a Higher Council for the Judiciary.

VI Other activities

• February - March 1987: Participated in a one month's study visit for court administrators in the United States of America as part of the International Visitors Programme.

• December 1989 : Study visit to the British Courts of Justice

• Since 1998: Associate Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (CMJA). Participated regularly in conferences, seminars and other activities held by this Association.

• Since 2001: Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE). This advisory body hold a yearly plenary session where an opinion on a particular topic concerning the independence impartiality and competence of judges is drafted and communicated to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. In 2003, elected member of the CCJE's working party.

• November 2002: Study visit on secondment to the British Courts of Justice.

• Since 2003: Member of the Advisory Board of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI). This institute is incorporated under the laws of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada and was established in 1994 mainly to develop and deliver judicial education programmes and to provide support and linkage among Commonwealth judicial education bodies

• Since 2003: Member of the Association of Members of the Judiciary of Malta.

• November 2003: Attended the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Judges held in Vienna as delegate of the Association of the Members of the Judiciary of Malta. Contributed to the drafting and the conclusions of the First Study Commission on the topic "The Role and Functions of the High Council of Justice of analogous body in the organisation and management of the national judicial system".

• Since 2004 : Local contact person for the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) taking part in many activities of the network, including its working groups

• November 2005: Represented the European Association of Judges at the plenary meeting of the Consultative Council of European Judges held in Strasbourg.

• Since 2005: One of the local contact persons for the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ).

• January-February 2006: Study visit to Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg within the framework of a Twinning Light Project MT 04/1B/JH/05 entitled "Capacity Building in the Justice Sector".

VII Publications and other work

• 1969 : LL.D. Thesis :Usages of Trade in Commercial Sales

• 1999: Drafted "Code of Ethics for Members of the Judiciary", which draft was largely accepted and adopted by the Judiciary and later by the Commission for the Administration of Justice.

• Since 1997: Numerous court cases decided as a Magistrate and later as a Judge, which have been published in the collection of case law.

• 2003: Delivered paper entitled "The Role of judicial education in preserving an independent, competent and upright judiciary" during the 13th Triennial Conference of the CMJA held in Malawi.

VIII Languages

a. First language

Maltese

b. Official languages

English - reading: very good, writing: very good, speaking: very good

French - reading: fair

c. Other languages

Italian - reading: very good, writing: very good, speaking: good

IX Other relevant information

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

(signed)

Joseph David Camilleri

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal details

NAME: Vincent Anthony De Gaetano

DATE OF BIRTH: 17 August, 1952

NATIONALITY: Maltese

MARITAL STATUS: Married to Marie-Therese nee' Ambrogio

2. Education and academic and other qualifications

EDUCATION

Jesuit College of St. Aloysius (Malta) (1961-1968);

Junior College of the Royal University of Malta (1968-1970);

Royal University of Malta (1970-1975);

University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius College) (1976-1979).

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Diploma of Notary Public (1974) (Royal University of Malta);

Degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D., thesis in Public International Law, "The Genuine Link Theory in Dual Nationality in International Law") (1975) (Royal University of Malta) (First in order of merit in years 1, 2 and 3; second in year 5);

Diploma in Criminology (papers in sociology, psychiatry and psychology, methodology and criminal law; dissertation in penology) (1977) (University of Cambridge) (Third in order of merit);

Called to the Bar in Valetta, Malta, January 1976.

3. Relevant professional activities

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

Senior Counsel for the Republic in the Attorney-General's Office, Malta, July 1979;

Assistant Attorney-General, August 1988;

Deputy Attorney-General, July 1989 to March 1994 (in the above three posts, responsible for general legal advice to Government in matters of public law; principal prosecutor before the Criminal Court and Court of Criminal Appeal; contributed also to legislative drafting particularly in the fields of public law and criminal law)

Judge, Superior Courts, Malta, March 1994 to August 2002 (ordinarily sitting in the Court of Criminal Appeal and in the Criminal Court; also in the First Hall of the Civil Court to try constitutional redress applications in first instance, and in the Second Hall of the Civil Court; formerly ordinarily sitting in the First Hall of the Civil Court to try separation, marriage annulment, custody and maintenance cases in first instance).

Chief Justice and President of the Constitutional Court, of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of Criminal Appeal, 26 August 2002 to date.

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

Supervised undergraduates in Criminology from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Lent and Easter terms, 1979;

Visiting Lecturer in Criminology/Administration of Justice, Department of Economic and Social Studies/Faculty of Management Studies, University of Malta, January 1980, October 1980 to January 1981, February 1985 to January 1986;

Visiting Lecturer, Workers' Participation Development Centre, University of Malta, June 1986;

Examiner (Malta Government, Local Examinations Branch) in Sociology (1980), Law (1981), Law of Evidence and Forensic Medicine (1983);

Visiting Lecturer in Sociology of Deviance and Law, Department of Social Studies, University of Malta, and at the Institute of Philosophy and Human Studies of the Faculty of Theology, Archdiocese of Malta, 1986 to 1988;

Visiting Lecturer in Criminal Law, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, 1987 to 1991; Lecturer, November 1991; Senior Lecturer, January 1994 to March 2003 (on non-remunerative basis since judicial appointment in March 1994); Honorary Senior Lecturer, March 2003 to date;

Taught Criminal Law and Law of Criminal Procedure, Malta Police Academy/Police G.H.Q., 1982, 1983 and 1984; and at the Police Academy, Fort St. Elmo, 1988, 1989 and 1990; and special course on prosecution to Police Cadets, 1991, 1992;

4. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

As Senior Counsel for the Republic, Assistant Attorney-General and Deputy Attorney-General, I appeared for the Government in Human Rights Cases before the First Hall of the Civil Court and before the Constitutional Court. As a judge sitting in the First Hall of the Civil Court, I tried human rights cases in first instance. As Chief Justice and President of the Constitutional Court, I sit with two other judges to try all human rights cases at the appellate stage.

As Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Law of the Faculty of Laws of the University of Malta, I have taught certain aspects of Human Rights in connection with substantive Criminal Law and the Law of Criminal Procedure.

5. Public activities

Regular contributor and local correspondent, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 1980 to 1987;

Participated in U.S. International Visitor Program (courts and correctional institutions in the U.S.A.), September 1986;

Member of the ad hoc Committee of Experts on the Legal Aspects of Territorial Asylum, Refugees and Stateless Persons (CAHAR) of the Council of Europe, 1988 to 1994;

Malta's representative on the Steering Committee on Legal Co-Operation (CDCJ) of the Council of Europe, 1988 to April 2000; Vice-Chairman, November 1995 to December 1997; Chairman, January 1998 to December 1999;

Chairman of the Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption (GMC) of the Council of Europe, 1995 to December 1997;

Representative of the Steering Committee on Legal Co-Operation (CDCJ) on the Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption (GMC), December 1999 to October 2001, and on The Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), December 1999 to February 2004;

Participated in a Council of Europe mission to Yerevan, Armenia, within the Octopus Programme to study the legislative and institutional framework against corruption, organised crime and money laundering in that country, July 2001;

Participated in a Council of Europe mission to Baku, Azerbaijan, to advise on the draft “Anti-Corruption Practices Law” of the Republic of Azerbaijan, October 2001;

Formerly member of the inter-departmental committee on computerised legal data processing at the law courts (Malta);

Formerly member of the inter-ministerial committee for the setting up of an Approved School (Malta);

Attended two month course for Senior Government Legal Advisers between February and April, 1992 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London on legislative drafting, constitutional and administrative law and international commercial transactions (bursary awarded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office);

Visited legal institutions in London and Edinburgh between the 20 and 25 April, 1992 on an Overseas Visitors Programme organised by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Founding member of the Association of Judges and Magistrates of Malta.

Member of the Commission for the Administration of Justice (elected from among the judges), April 2002 to August 2002; ex officio Deputy Chairman of the said Commission upon becoming Chief Justice in August 2002.

6. Other activities

See 3, 4 and 5 above.

7. Publications and other works

On the Status of the Holy See in International Law, Law Journal (Malta University Press), Vol. III, Dec. 1973, pp. 19-22;

Some Thoughts on Natural Law and Contemporary Society, ibid., Vol. IV, Jan. 1975, pp. 23-37;

Violence in Context, ibid., Vol. VIII, 1977, pp. 37-59;

From Approved Schools to Community Homes - An English Exercise in Cosmetic Terminology?, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (Wichita University), 1978, Vol. II, no. 2, pp. 153-170;

Building and Judicial Interpretation, The Architect (Malta Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers), Nov. 1980, no. 5, pp. 19-24;

Criminal Law and the Protection of the Individual, De Jure (Crest Publishing Ltd., Malta), Vol. I, Autumn 1982, pp. 25-31;

Calleja v. Balzan: Reflections on Public Order, Id-Dritt/Law Journal (Law Students Association, University of Malta), Vol. X, Autumn 1983, pp. 13-42;

Public Meetings and English Courts: A Historical Note, Il-Pulizija (Malta Police Association), Vol. 4 no. 2 to Vol. 5 no. 1 (1983/1984);

Attorney-General, magistrates and the police: the Maltese system, Commonwealth Law Bulletin (Commonwealth Secretariat, London), 1989, Vol. 15, pp. 301-309;

The Doctor in Court – An Overview, Id-Dritt/Law Journal (The Law Society, Gh.S.L., University of Malta), Vol. XVII, 1999, pp. 17-27;

Selected Criminal Cases for Students – Vol. I [1994], (with S. Tonna Lowell) (The Law Society, Gh.S.L., University of Malta), 1999.

Selected Criminal Cases for Students – Vol. II [1995], (with S. Tonna Lowell) (The Law Society, Gh.S.L., University of Malta), 2000.

Drug-Related Crime and Criminal Justice Issues in Malta, Id-Dritt (The Law Students’ Society, Gh.S.L., University of Malta), Vol. XVIII, 2002, pp. 101-108.

8. Languages

First Language: Maltese – Reading VG, Writing VG, Speaking VG

Official Languages: English – Reading VG, Writing VG, Speaking VG

French – fair reading knowledge only

Other Languages: Italian – Reading VG, Writing VG, Speaking VG

Latin – fair reading and writing knowledge only

9. Other relevant information

Italian Government Travel Bursary for excellence in Italian language, September 1969;

Malta Government Scholarship tenable at the Royal University of Malta for three academic years, 1971 to 1974;

Association of Commonwealth Universities Scholarship, originally awarded for one-year post graduate course in Criminology (1976-1977), subsequently extended up to July, 1979 for research into comparative aspects of Police Powers and Public Order under the direction of Professor David G. T. Williams, then Reader in Public Law, Emmanuel College, Cambridge;

Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria) for the 199th session (July 1980) on American Law and Legal Institutions;

Offers of teaching posts from the University of the West Indies and from the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand), June 1979.

Decorations: Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, I Class (Republic of Estonia); Grand Officer in The Order of the Three Stars (Republic of Latvia); Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana; Grand Officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia; Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus.

10. Confirmation

I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the European Court of Human Rights.

CURRICULUM VITAE

THE HON. MR. JUSTICE JOSEPH A. FILLETTI

BA, LL.D., A.R.HIST.S. (Lond.)

I. Personal Details

Name: FILLETTI, Joseph Alfred.

Sex: Male.

Place and date of birth: MALTA, 6 March 1946.

Nationality: Maltese.

II. Education

Tertiary Education:

Royal University of Malta (1964-1971):

Bachelor-of Arts Degree (B.A.Gen.) in English, Italian and Philosophy (1967);

Diploma of Notary Public (1970);

Doctor of Laws (LL.D) (1971).

III. Relevant Professional Activities:

(a) Details of judicial appointments:

Judge, Constitutional Court and Court of Appeal (Superior Jurisdiction), Malta

Judge, Malta Court of Criminal Appeal (Superior Jurisdiction)

Judge “ad hoc”, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (Cases 17209/02; 26111/02)

Magistrate, Courts of Magistrates of Judicial Police, Malta (1979 – 1984)

(b) Non-Judicial Legal Activities:

President, The National Association of Judges and Magistrates of Malta

National Rapporteur, European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics

Fellow, Salzburg Seminar on American Law and Legal Institutions

Member, International Association of Judges (IAJ)

Member, Commonwealth Association of Judges (CMJA)

(c) Non-Legal Professional Activities

President, Alliance Francaise de Malte

Associate Member, Royal Historical Society (University College London)

Elected Member, Akkademja tal-Malti.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

(a) Present Activities:

Ad hoc Judge, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Visiting Lecturer, Mediterrenean Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation, University of Malta

(b) Past Activities:

Judge Nominee, New European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 1998, Named First Preference Candidate by Selection Board

Chairperson, Multi-Sectoral Group Against Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation, Council of Europe, 1997-1999

Key-note Speaker, OSCE, Mediterrenean Seminar on the Human Dimension of Security, Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law, Valletta Conference,1998

Guest Speaker, Wilton Park Euro-Mediterrenean Conference Strengthening Democracy and Respect for Human Rights, United Kingdom, 1998

Delegate, European Regional Colloquy – In Our Hands – The effectiveness of human rights protection, 50 years after the Universal Declaration, Strasbourg, 1998

Article Reviewer, Mediterrenean Journal of Human Rights Journal, CEDAM, 1997

Delegate, 7th International Colloquy on the European Convention on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lund, 1990

Participant, Multi-Regional Project on The United States: A Pluralistic Society, US Visitors’ Program, USA, 1983.

V. Public activities

Delegate Rapporteur, Colloque des Cours des Etats de l’Union Europeene, Paris, 2004

Delegate, Colloque du Bicentenaire du Code Civil Francais, Paris, 2004

Delegate Rapporteur, Judiciaries in the EU: Prospects for Cooperation, The Hague, 2003

Guest Intervenor, Inaugural Meeting, European Commercial Judges Forum, London, 2003

Participant, The Changing Faces of International Legal Cooperation in the 21st Century, Commonwealth Law Conference, ChristChurch College, Oxford, UK, 2001

National Director, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) The Hague, (1997 - 2000);

Judicial Coordinator, Law Courts Library, Superior Courts, Malta

Vice-President, International Law Association (Malta Branch) (1996 - 1999);

Council Member, Executive Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law;

International Law Association (ILA) (1996 - 1999).

Visiting Lecturer and External Examiner, University of Malta (since 1980 - ):

Faculty of Laws, Department of International Law;

Faculty of Arts, Department of International Relations.

Guest Lecturer, International Maritime Law Institute (IMO) on International Organizations/Peaceful Settlement of Disputes.

VI . Other activities (Council of Europe)

Head of Delegation and Bureau Member, European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC), Strasbourg, 1988-2000;

Rapporteur, Council of Europe, Themis Plan, Multilateral Meeting on Judicial Systems in a period of transition, Budapest (1995);

Delegate: 20th Conference, Budapest (1996) on Efficiency and Fairness of Civil, Criminal and Administrative Justice;

21st Criminological Research Conference (1996) on Countries in transition: Effects of political, social and economical change on crime and criminal justice;

Fifth Conference on Crime Policy, Strasbourg (1995);

19th Conference of European Ministers of Justice, Valletta,(1994) on Administrative,Civil and Penal Aspects, including the Role of the Judiciary in the fight against Corruption;

11th Criminological Colloquium on Crime and Economy (1994);

20th Criminological Research Conference (1993) on Psychosocial interventions in the Criminal Justice System;

19th Criminological Research Conference (1990) on New Social Strategies and the Criminal Justice System;

Legal Expert: Committee of Experts on the Role of the Public Prosecutor, (1997),

Reflection Group on the CDPC’s Future Work Programme, Strasbourg, 28-29, September, 1998.

VII. Publications and other works (Selection)

i. Publications in conjunction with Council of Europe:

The Constitutional, Statutory and Institutional Safeguards of the Impartiality of Judges and of Judicial Independence/ Les Garanties Constitutionelles, Legislatives et Institutionelles de l’impartialite’ des Juges et de l’independence de la Justice - Judicial Systems in a period of Transition, Themis No.3, Council of Europe Publishing, 1997, pp.79 – 91

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics, National Correspondent for Malta, 2003.

ii. Other legal publications:

The Maltese Judiciary, A Treatise on Compared Judicial Organization, IAJ Publication, National Contributor, Zurich, Bruxelles, 1999.

Gabra ta’ Appelli Kriminali (Criminal Appeals Annotated), Malta, 1987.

The Rule of Law: International Commitments and National Institutions, Id-Dritt, Law Journal, Malta, vol XVII, pp.29 -40, 1999.

The Place of Mediation in Commercial Litigation, Law and Practice Journal, Chamber of Advocates, Malta, 2004.

iii. Literary works/historical research

Short Stories Collections: Imhabba Qarrieqa (1982); Roulette (1984); Id-Dar tat-Torri (1986), PEG Publications, Malta.

La Polemica nella Stampa Maltese per la Visita di Giuseppe Garibaldi a Malta nel 1864, Papers in Mediterrenean Social Studies, Malta, 1998.

VIII. Language skills

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
First Languages	English/Maltese	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Official Languages	French	Very Good	Good	Good
Other Languages	Italian	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Other Languages	Chinese (Mandarin)	Beginner	Beginner	Beginner

IX. Other relevant information

(i) Previous Appointments/Posts held:

Curator “ex officio” for Legal Aid (1972-1979)

Member, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Malta (1977-1979)

Chairperson, Copyrights Board (1976-1979)

Chairperson, Succession Duty Appeals Board (1976-1979)

Member, Public Libraries Advisory Board (1976-1979)

Member, Printed Matter Appeals Board (1975-1979)

Parliamentary Correspondent, Radio Malta (1971)

Advocate, Law Firm Brincat and Filletti (1972-1979)

(ii) Honorary Titles/Insignia:

Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite (France), 1990

Officier de l’Ordre National du Merite (France), 2000

X. Confirmation of permanent residence in Strasbourg

I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge to the European Court of Human Rights.

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¹ This document has been classified restricted at the date of issue. It was declassified at the 974th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (27 September 2006) (see CM/Del/Dec(2006)974/4.8).