Luzius Wildhaber was a Swiss jurist who lived from 1937 to 2020 and served as the first president of the reformed European Court of Human Rights. He earned a Master of Laws from Yale in 1965 and a doctorate in 1968, then became a professor of law at the University of Fribourg in 1971 and later held academic posts at the University of Basel as professor, dean and rector. Wildhaber was elected a judge of the European Court of Human Rights in 1991 and served as its president from November 1998 to January 2007, the first president after Protocol 11 took effect, which allowed direct citizen access to the court across the Council of Europe's forty-seven member states.
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He was the first president of the European Court of Human Rights in its new format after the ratification of Protocol 11, which opened up direct access for citizens from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.
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Luzius Wildhaber was a Swiss jurist who lived from 1937 to 2020 and served as the first president of the reformed European Court of Human Rights.
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Luzius Wildhaber was a Swiss judge.
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He was a judge in Liechtenstein between 1975 and 1988 and a lecturer on international law and constitutional law at the University of Basel in 1977 and 1998.
Member Of: European Court of Human Rights, Lead section
He was the first president of the European Court of Human Rights in its new format after the ratification of Protocol 11, which opened up direct access for citizens from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.
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was a Swiss judge
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Wikidata Q117185, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1937
Wikidata Q117185, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1937-01-18
Wikidata Q117185, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2020
Wikidata Q117185, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2020-07-21
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P19 (place of birth): Basel
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P20 (place of death): Basel
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