The Court of Justice has announced the appointment of Honorary Professor Dean Spielmann as Advocate General of the Court of Justice for the period from 7 October 2024 to 6 October 2030, along with Mr Andrea Biondi and Mr Rimvydas Norkus.
Professor Spielmann is a leading human rights lawyer. He was elected as a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in 2004, where he successively became Section President in 2011, Vice-President in 2012, then President between 2012 and 2015.
He was appointed to Honorary Professor at UCL Laws in 2013 and was awarded an honorary LLD in 2016.