Sverre Erik Jebens (born 29 September 1949) is a Norwegian lawyer and the former judge of the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...

in respect of

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, a position he held from November 2004 to 2011. He is currently a judge in the Norwegian Court of Appeal, Frostating lagmannsrett.

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Jebens was born on 29 September 1949 in

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, the second largest city in

, and studied law at the

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in the country's capital, graduating in 1977. He was then appointed Deputy Judge at the

Inderøy District Court Inderøy District Court () was a district court in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Steinkjer. The court existed from 1635 until 2021. It had jurisdiction over the municipalities of Steinkjer, Inderøy, Snåsa, ...

, and in 1980 took up a post with

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police as head of its Financial Crimes Section. From 1983 to 1985, he was Legal Advisor within the

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, and from 1987 to 1988 was Chief Legal Counsel at Trondheim County Borough Council, after which he was appointed judge at

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in Trondheim. In November 2004, he took up office as Judge of the

in respect of Norway. He served as at the European Court of Human Rights until August 2011. He is resident in

, where the Frostating Court of Appeal is located.

Publications

* Sverre Erik Jebens: ''Menneskerettigheter i straffeprosessen'' ("Human rights in criminal procedure"), Oslo 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jebens, Sverre Erik Living people 1949 births Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Lawyers from Bergen University of Oslo alumni Norwegian judges of international courts and tribunals

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