Jaanika Erne

20:21, 15 October 2009

While the election procedure to the European Court of Human Rights still open, the composition of the European Court of Justice has changed.

Kirchberg. Source: Website of the ECJ

A summary of the new appointments and reappointments at the ECJ until 6 October 2015:

The Judges:

Mr Vassilios Skouris (now re-elected president),

Mr Allan Rosas,

Mr Koen Lenaerts,

Mr Marko Ilešič,

Mr Aindrias î Caoimh,

Ms Rosario Silva de Lapuerta,

Mr Endre Juhász,

Mr Uno Lõhmus,

Mr Lars Bay Larsen,

Ms Camelia Toader,

Mr Jean-Jacques Kasel.

The Advocate general:

Ms Eleanor Sharpston,

Mrs Juliane Kokott

Mr Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer.

The judges for the first time:

Mr Marek Safjan (replacing Mr Jerzy Makarczyk)

Mr Daniel Šváby (replacing Mr Jan Klučka) (both until October 6th 2015)

Ms Maria Berger has been appointed until October 6th 2012, replacing Mr. Peter Jann.

Mr Niilo Jääskinen is apointed Advocate general until October 6th 2015 (replacing Mr Luis Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro).

The Judges at the Court of First Instance until 31 August 2010:

Mr Heikki Kanninen (replacing Ms Virpi Tiili)

Mr Juraj Schwarcz (replacing Mr Daniel Šváby, now of the Court of Justice).

At the Civil Service Tribunal, Ms Maria Isabel Rofes i Pujol is appointed until August 31 2015, replacing Mr Heikki Kanninen, now of the Court of First Instance).

According to Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the judicial decisions are an important source of international law that does not require complicated legislative procedures, therefore the role of the judges in addition to solving concrete cases also embraces shaping international law.