Lorraine Schembri Orland is a Maltese judge born on 21 June 1959 in Pieta, Malta. She earned a doctorate in laws in 1981 and a magister juris in European law in 1996 from the University of Malta, served on the executive board of the International Council of Women from 1988 to 1990, and helped draft legislative reforms removing gender-based discrimination from Maltese law from 1991 to 1993. Appointed a judge in Malta in 2012 by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, she presided over the Civil Court in cases involving fundamental human rights, probate, guardianship and succession, before being elected and sworn in as Malta's judge at the European Court of Human Rights in September 2019, becoming the first woman to hold that seat.
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From 1988 to 1990, she served as elected member to the Executive Board of the International Council of Women (ICW).
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Lorraine Schembri Orland is a Maltese judge born on 21 June 1959 in Pieta, Malta.
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In July 2019, Schembri Orland ruled that the right to freedom of expression of the Caruana Galizia family were being breached by the governmental removal of banners in private spaces. In September 2019, she was sworn in as Malta's judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the first woman to hold such position.
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In Marie Therese Cuschieri vs Attorney General, Malta's Constitutional Court, also presided by Schembri Orland, ruled that legal requirement dictating that women need to give details on their marital status in deeds of property sales was deemed to be discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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Lorraine Schembri Orland (born 21 June 1959) in Malta is a Maltese judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
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is a Maltese judge at the European Court of Human Ri
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Wikidata Q64748150, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1959
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P569 (date of birth): 1959-06-21
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P19 (place of birth): Pietà, Malta
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