§ Lord Boyd-Carpenterasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the names and qualifications of the members of the European Court of Human Rights.
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§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)The members of the European Court of Human Rights are:
- Rolv Ryssdal, Norway, former President of the Supreme Court of Norway (President);
- Walter Ganshof van der Meersch, Belgium, former Advocate-General at the Belgian Court of Appeal (Vice-President);
- John Cremona, Malta, former Chief Justice of Malta and President of Constitutional Court;
- Gerard Wiarda, Netherlands, former President of Netherlands Supreme Court;
- Thor Vilhjalmsson, Iceland, President of Supreme Court of Iceland;
- Mrs. Denise Bindschedler-Robert, Switzerland, Professor, University Institute of Advanced International Studies, Geneva;
- Dimitros Evrigenis, Greece, Professor of Law, Thessaloniki;
- Gunnar Lagergren, Sweden, Member of Permanent International Court of Arbitration, former President of Court of Appeal for Western Sweden;
- Feyyaz Golcuklu, Turkey, Professor of Law, Ankara;
- Franz Matscher, Austria, Professor of Law, Salzburg;
- Joao di Deus Pinheiro Farinha, Portugal, Judge of Portuguese Supreme Court and President of Court of Auditors;
- Eduardo Garcia de Enterria, Spain, Professor of Law, Madrid;
- Louis-Edmond Pettiti, France, Advocate at Court of Appeal, Paris;
- Brian Walsh, Ireland, Judge of Irish Supreme Court; Sir Vincent Evans, United Kingdom, former Legal Adviser, FCO;
- Ronald MacDonald (Canada) elected to represent Liechtenstein, Professor of Law, Dalhousie;
- Carlo Russo, Italy, Advocate at Italian Court of Cassation, former Minister in Italian Government;
- Rudolf Bernhardt, FRG, Professor of Law, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg and Frankfurt;
- Jorgen Gersing, Denmark, Judge, Danish Supreme Court;
- Asphonse Spielmann, Luxembourg, Senior Advocate-General Luxembourg and Advocate-General, Benelux Court of Justice;
- The Cypriot position is vacant.