Christos Rozakis (, born 1941 in Athens) is a

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judge, and currently the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the

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. He was formerly the first vice-president of the

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. In 1996, he also served briefly as a Deputy Foreign Minister of

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. He studied Law in the

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and continued his studies at

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(LL.M 1970), the

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(LL.M 1971, J.S.D. 1973) and the

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in Geneva. Rozakis was member of the

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since 1987, and has been member of ECtHR since 1998. His dissenting opinions include those in Grand Chamber cases Sahin v. Germany, Ždanoka v. Latvia, Kingsley v. the United Kingdom, McElhinney v. Ireland, Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom. He also joined dissents in Grand Chamber cases Bykov v. Russia, Blecic v. Croatia, Janowski v. Poland, K. and T. v. Finland, Draon v. France, Maurice v. France.

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CVs of ECHR judges
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Judge Rozakis's Separate Opinions and the Strasbourg Dilemma
University College London, 2011 1941 births Judges of the European Court of Human Rights 20th-century Greek diplomats 20th-century Greek judges Living people Alumni of University College London Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Members of the European Commission of Human Rights Greek judges of international courts and tribunals 21st-century Greek judges Lawyers from Athens Politicians from Athens {{Greece-bio-stub Alumni of the UCL Faculty of Laws