Judge Spano

Judge Robert Spano (judge in residence, 2018-19)

Last year our judge in residence was judge Robert Spano (European Court of Human Rights).

  • Born on 27 August 1972, in Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Cand. jur. degree in Law (combined BA and Masters Degrees), Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1997
  • Mag. jur. degree in European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford (University College) 2000, Clifford Chance Prize (proxime accessit), Civil Procedure Prize
  • Deputy District Court Judge, 1997-1998
  • Legal Adviser to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, 1998-2001
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2000-2002
  • Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2002-2004
  • District Court Judge, 2004
  • Deputy to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, 2001-2004
  • Member of the Board, Human Rights Institute, University of Iceland, 2005-2013
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee of Experts on Criminal Law, Ministry of Justice, 2003-2008 and 2011-2013
  • Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, (tenure) 2004-2006
  • Editor of the Law Review, Lawyers' Association of Iceland, 2005-2013
  • Professor of Public Law, Criminal Procedure and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, (tenure) 2006
  • Chairman of a Commission of Experts appointed by the Prime Minister of Iceland to investigate human rights abuses from 1947-1992 in child care institutions run by the state and municipal governments, 2007-2012
  • Chairman of a Commission of Experts elected by the Assembly of the National Church of Iceland to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by the former Bishop of Iceland, 2010-2011
  • Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2007-2010
  • Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 2010-2013
  • Member of the Judicial Supervisory Board, 2011-2013
  • Independent Expert to the Lanzarote Committee of the Council of Europe, 2012
  • Icelandic Member of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDCP), 2012-2013
  • Ad hoc Judge, EFTA Court, 2012-2013
  • Parliamentary Ombudsman of Iceland (provisional appointment and ad hoc), 2009-2013
  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 November 2013
  • President of Section since 1 May 2017.