Sébastien Biancheri elected as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco

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On 8 April 2025, Mr Sébastien Biancheri, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, was elected as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Mr Biancheri, having obtained a majority of the votes cast, succeeds Ms Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström. His nine-year term will begin no later than three months after his election.

The European Court of Human Rights is the permanent judicial body of the Council of Europe. Established in 1959 and based in Strasbourg, the Court can rule on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Convention protects the rights of more than 700 million citizens in Europe. Anyone can bring a case to the Court against one of the 46 member states for violating their human rights, after all possible means of recourse in their own country have been exhausted.

The Court is composed of 46 Judges, one per member state, elected by PACE by a majority from a list of three candidates put forward by each State which has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights.