Strasbourg elects new vice president
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The European Court of Human Rights elected a new vice-president – Linos-Alexander Sicilianos (Greece) yesterday.
Judge Sicilianos has been elected for a three-year term and will take up his duties on 1 May 2017. The court also elected Robert Spano (Iceland) as section president.
He has been elected for a two-year term and will take up his duties on 1 May 2017. The court is composed of one judge in respect of each of the 47 States to have ratified the European Convention on Human Rights.
Judges work in five sections from which chambers of seven judges are constituted. The court also sits as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges.
The court has two vice-presidents both of whom also preside over sections, the other three sections each having a section president.
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