Judge, European Court of Human Rights, Professor of Law

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MR. LINOS-ALEXANDER SICILIANOS
Judge, European Court of Human Rights,
Professor of Law, University of Athens
Linos-Alexander Sicilianos: Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (since
2011); Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law;
Associate Member of the Institute of International Law; Member of the Permanent Court
of Arbitration; Professor Dr., Faculty of Law, University of Athens; Vice-chairman
(2004-2006) and Rapporteur (2008-2009) of the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination ; Vice-Chairman of the Greek National Commission on human
rights (2006-2011); Member of the Administrative Board (2007-2012) and the Executive
Board (2009-2011) of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency; Member and former
Chairman of the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe for the Improvement of
Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (1997-2010); Vice-Chairman of the
International Institute of Human Rights (2000-2009); Member of the Scientific Advisory
Board of the European Journal of International Law (2007-2012), the Revue trimestrielle
des droits de l'homme and the European Journal of Human Rights; Member of the
Administrative Board of the Greek Section of the ILA. Member of the Greek Delegation
to the UN General Assembly (1996-2001); Special Advisor to the Greek Minister of
Foreign Affairs (1996-1997); Member of the EU Network of Independent Experts in the
field of Fundamental Rights (2002-2006).
Visiting Professor at various Universities and Academies, including The Hague
Academy of International Law (Director of Studies, 1996, Director of the Centre for
Studies and Research, 2000, course, 2005), Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris-II
(Panthéon-Assas), Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, University College London
(UCL), Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva), University of Strasbourg,
University of Aix-Marseille III, University Montesquieu (Bordeaux IV), National
University of Ireland, International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg), Faculty of
Law, University of Geneva, etc.
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Author or Editor of numerous studies in Public International Law and
International Protection of Human Rights, including four monographs (Les réactions
décentralisées à l'illicite: des contre-mesures à la légitime défense, Paris, LGDJ, 1990 ;
L'ONU et la démocratisation de l'État, Paris, Pedone, 2000 ; Entre multilatéralisme et
unilatéralisme: l'autorisation par le Conseil de sécurité de recourir à la force, Recueil of
the Hague Academy of International Law, vol. 339, 2008) ; The Human Dimension of
International Law, Athens, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2010 and articles in European Journal of
International Law, Annuaire français de droit international, Revue générale de droit
international public, Revue belge de droit international, Revue trimestrielle des droits de
l'homme, Revue hellénique de droit international, The Hague Journal of International
Law, Human Rights Law Journal, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, etc.
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