Pere Pastor Vilanova (born 29 November 1968) is an Andorran judge and jurist. He has been a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra since 18 November 2024.
Pere Pastor Vilanova | |
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| Judge (VP) at the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra | |
| Assumed office 18 November 2024 | |
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| Born | 29 November 1968 (age 56) Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
| Alma mater | IEP de Toulouse Montpellier Business School École nationale d'administration Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (PhD in public law) |
| Profession | Judge |
Education
editPere Pastor Vilanova graduated from Sciences Po Toulouse in 1990 with a degree in politics.[1] He also holds a master’s degree in business, administrative and financial studies from the Montpellier Business School, which he obtained in 1992.[2] He then continued his studies at the École nationale d’administration de Paris (promotion Saint-Exupéry) and was awarded a master’s degree in public administration in 1994.[2] In 2002 he obtained a PhD in public law from the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole.[2]
Professional career
editAfter three years as head of the Andorran Ministry of the Interior he became a trial judge (Batlle) in 1998. He held this position until October 2011, when he became the first judge of Andorran nationality to sit on the Supreme Court of Andorra. In parallel, between 2005 and 2015, he was a member of the Bioethics Committee (DH-BIO)[3] of the Council of Europe.[2][4]
In April 2015 he was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to be a judge of the European Court of Human Rights. He took office on 1 November 2015[5][6]. He was elected Section President on 19 September 2022 for a two-year term.[7] In October 2024, he was elected a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra by the Consell General (Andorran Parliament). He thus became the first Andorran national to be appointed to the Constitutional Court by the Consell General. He took office on 18 November for a term of eight years. He was appointed Vice-President for a two-year term.
Since 2005, Pere Pastor Vilanova has also been a lecturer at the University of Toulouse-Capitole, a role for which he has been awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, in particular for the dissemination of Andorran law within the French university system. He has been an elected member of the Board of Directors of Sciences-Po Toulouse since October 2023.
Publications
editHe is the author of several legal books and articles, notably on human rights, the environment and family and labour law.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sciences Po Toulouse Alumni - En bref #7". Sciences Po Toulouse Alumni (in French). 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d European Court of Human Rights (13 September 2021). "Judges of the Court". Council of Europe.
- ^ "La Bioéthique au Conseil de l'Europe". Bioéthique (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Pere Pastor es nombrado nuevo juez andorrano del Tribunal Europeo de DDHH". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Parlementary Assembly of the Council of Europe (21 April 2015). "PACE elects Pere Pastor Vilanova judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Andorra".
- ^ "PACE elects Pere Pastor Vilanova judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Andorra". The FINANCIAL. 22 April 2015.
- ^ "European Court of Human Rights elections 2022". hudoc.echr.coe.int. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Pere Pastor Vilanova - Librería Tirant Lo Blanch". editorial.tirant.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.