Carlo Ranzoni

Carlo Ranzoni (born 2 November 1965) is a Swiss jurist and judge at the European Court of Human Rights, representing the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Carlo Ranzoni
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Succeeded by	Mark Villiger
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-02) 2 November 1965 (age 58) St. Gallen
Political party	The Centre
Alma mater	University of St. Gallen

Education

Carlo Ranzoni enrolled in the University of St. Gallen in 1985 and received a Master of Laws degree there in 1989.^[1] Before he passed the St. Gallen bar exam in 1992, he gained some practical experience at the District Court (Bezirksgericht) of Flawil, the Court of Appeal (Kantonsgericht) in the Canton of St. Gallen and a law firm, also in St. Gallen.^[1]

Professional career

From 1992 to 2000 he was a court clerk at the Court of Appeal in St. Gallen. Concordantly he was a substitute judge at the Court of Appeal in St. Gallen from September 1998 and November 1999.^[1] In 2001 he became a judge at the Princely Court of Liechtenstein [de] in Vaduz.^[1] Since then, he has represented Liechtenstein in a various conferences at the United Nations and the Council of Europe(CoE). He has also represented Liechtenstein in committees discussing children's and women's rights within the framework of the Lanzarote Convention and the Istanbul Convention.^[1]

Political affiliation

He is a member of The Centre (Die Mitte), a Christian democratic center-right party in Switzerland.^[1]

Judge at the European Court of Human Rights

On the 21 April 2015 he was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as a member of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.^[2] He assumed the office on 1 September 2015,^[3] succeeding Mark Villiger.^[4]

References

1. "PACE - Doc. 13718 (2015) - Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights{In accordance with Article 22 of the European Convention on Human Rights.} List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Liechtenstein". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
2. "PACE elects Carlo Ranzoni judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
3. "Composition of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
4. Fontana, Katharina. "Mark Villiger – Richter ohne Allüren | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-05.