Dean Spielmann

Dean Spielmann graduated in law in 1988 from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) before continuing his studies at the Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), where he obtained the title of Master of Laws in 1990.

He practised as a lawyer at the Luxembourg Bar from 1989 to 2004 and also pursued an academic career in teaching criminal law, human rights law and procedural law before the European Court of Human Rights, amongst other subjects. From 1991 to 1997, he held the position of research assistant at the Catholic University of Louvain and of associate lecturer at the University of Luxembourg from 1996 to 2006. Between 1997 and 2009, he was also a lecturer at the Université Nancy II (France) and, in 2017 and 2018, he taught at the Institut d'études politiques, Paris (France).

In addition, he is the author of numerous publications and articles and a member of scientific editorial committees of several legal journals.

In 2000, he served as a member of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights in Luxembourg, within which he serveduntil 2004. In addition, between 2002 and 2004, he was a member of the committees for human rights and criminal law of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), but also of the European Union Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights.

Appointed as a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (France) in 2004, he successively became Section President in 2011, Vice-President in 2012, then President between 2012 and 2015.

Mr Spielmann was appointed as a Judge at the General Court on 13 April 2016 and has held the position of President of the Chamber since 30 September 2019.