Robert Spano becomes president of the European Court of Human Rights
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Robert Spano
Robert Spano has been elected president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Judge Spano, who succeeds Greek judge Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, will take office on 18 May.
A native of Iceland, the 48-year-old judge graduated from the Universities of Iceland and Oxford and has had a dual career on the bench and in academia.
He was appointed to the ECtHR in 2013 and has been vice-president of the court since May 2019.
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