Erik Møse (born 9 October 1950) is a Norwegian judge. Møse has been a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Supreme Court of Norway, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). At the ICTR, he served as Vice President[1] and later President.[2] Having retired from his judicial career, he is currently serving as Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.[3]

Erik Møse
Justice in the Supreme Court of Norway
In office
2009–2020
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In office
2003–2007
presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal
In office
1993–1999
Personal details
Born9 October 1950

Education and early career

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Møse graduated from the University of Oslo and had post-graduate studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Beginning in 1981, he taught at the University of Oslo. He then became a Fellow at the University of Essex in England[1] and subsequently an Honorary Doctor.[citation needed]

Human rights expert

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Møse has published extensively in the field of human rights. He led the committee that published the Norwegian Official Report 1993:18 on human rights.[4]

Møse was head of department in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police until 1986; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993; and presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo from 1993 to 1999.[1]

Møse became Vice President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1999,[1] then President in 2003,[2] succeeding Navanethem Pillay.[5]

Møse was President of the ICTR from 2003[2] to 2007. As of 2009, he was the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the ICTR.[6]

In 2008 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice of Norway. In 2011 he was elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights. He resumed his Supreme Court chair in 2018.[4][7]

Personal life

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Møse is married and has two children, who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Judge Erik Møse". International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Archived from the original on 16 February 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "New President and Vice-President for the ICTR". ICTR. 2003-05-26. Archived from the original on 3 September 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Expert Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine". United Nations Council on Human Rights.
  4. ^ a b "Erik Møse". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Judge Byron Elected New President of the ICTR" (Press release). ICTR. 2007-05-21. Retrieved 9 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "The Chambers". ICTR. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Case-law analysis-Guides, Research reports".