Erik Møse

Erik Møse (born 9 October 1950) is a Norwegian judge. He was the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 2003 to 2007,[1] was the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the ICTR.[2]. He was recently elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Norway (http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/en/header/the+court/the+court/judges+of+the+court/).

He graduated from the University of Oslo and had post-graduate studies in Geneva. Beginning in 1981, he taught at the University of Oslo. He then became a Fellow at the University of Essex in England[1] and subsequently an Honorary Doctor. He has published extensively in the field of human rights. Among others, he led the committee that published the Norwegian Official Report 1993:18 on human rights.[3]

Prior to joining ICTR, he was head of division in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police until 1986; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993; presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo from 1993 to 1999.[1]

Møse became Vice President of the ICTR in 1999,[1] then President in 2003,[4] succeeding Navanethem Pillay. Møse was succeeded in 2007 by Dennis Byron.[5] In 2008 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice of Norway.[3]

Møse is married and has two children, who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Judge Erik Møse". International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/mose.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "The Chambers". ICTR. http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/geninfo/chambers.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Erik Møse" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Erik_Møse. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "New President and Vice-President for the ICTR". ICTR. 2003-05-26. http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2003/347.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
  5. ^ "Judge Byron Elected New President of the ICTR" (Press release). ICTR. 2007-05-21. http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2007/520.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2010.