András Sajó
András Sajó | |
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Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Hungary | |
Assumed office 1 February 2008 | |
Preceded by | András Baka |
Personal details | |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 25 March 1949
Residence | Budapest |
András Sajó (born 25 March 1949) is a Hungarian legal academic and former European Court of Human Rights judge.
Sajó was born in Budapest. He was the founding Dean of the Legal Studies department at the Central European University in Budapest. Later he chaired the Comparative Constitutional Law LL.M. program.
Between 2001 and 2007, he served on the Board of Directors of the Open Society Justice Initiative of New York.[1]
Between February, 2008 and April, 2017 he served as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Hungary.[2] He was the President of the First Section of the Court as well as the President of the Fourth Section. After completing the term at the Court, Sajó returned to the CEU, where he currently is a University Professor. On 6 May 2020, Facebook appointed him to its content oversight board.[3]
References
- ^ "European Court of Human Rights elects two new Section Presidents" (PDF). European Court of Human Rights. 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Composition of the ECHR - Judges, Sections, Grand Chamber".
- ^ "Facebook names first members of oversight board that can overrule Zuckerberg". Reuters. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.