Mark E. Villiger (17 May 1950 – 10 December 2023) was a Swiss judge who served as Judge of the
European Court of Human Rights in respect of
Liechtenstein.
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Biography
Villiger was born in
Louis Trichardt, South Africa on 17 May 1950. He grew up in
Mozambique and
Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to:
Places
* Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria
** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria
* Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the municip ...
, Austria before he studied law at the
University of Zurich.
He began his career at the
European Court of Human Rights in 1983 as a secretary in the Human Rights Commission and assumed as a judge of the ECHR in 2006.
Villiger died on 10 December 2023, at the age of 73.
References
External links
Page Mark VilligerMark E. Villiger auf der Website des Europa-Instituts der Universität des Saarlandes
1950 births
2023 deaths
People from Louis Trichardt
Judges of the European Court of Human Rights
Liechtenstein judges of international courts and tribunals
Swiss judges
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