Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights

List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Switzerland

Communication | Doc. 16461 | 19 August 2026

Author(s):

Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

Contents

1List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Switzerland

2Information on the national selection procedure for candidates for election as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Switzerland

Appendix 1 – Curriculum vitae of Jeanine DE VRIES REILINGH

Appendix 2– Curriculum vitae of Julia HÄNNI

Appendix 3– Curriculum vitae of Giuseppe MUSCHIETTI

1 List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Switzerland [(1) The curricula vitae were submitted by the Government of Switzerland in English and French.]

Letter from Ms Muriel Berset Kohen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe, to Ms Despina Chatzivassiliou, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, dated 19 June 2026.

Madam Secretary-General,

The term of office of Mr Andreas Zünd, judge in respect of Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights, will expire on 8 February 2027. With a view to filling this post, the Swiss authorities have the honour of submitting the nominations of the following three individuals, whose curriculum vitae are attached:

• Ms Jeanine de Vries Reilingh
• Ms Julia Hänni
• Mr Giuseppe Muschietti

(…)

2 Information on the national selection procedure for candidates for election as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Switzerland

Summary of the national nomination procedure for the three candidates (M/F) on the Swiss Government’s list

The post of Swiss judge at the European Court of Human Rights was advertised in September 2025 in the online and print editions of a leading daily newspaper in each of the three linguistic regions (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Temps, Il Corriere del Ticino), as well as on the Confederation’s job portal (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/fr/home.html). At the same time, the vacancy notice was brought to the attention of the presidents of the federal courts and the higher cantonal courts by email. The deadline for submitting applications was 31 October 2025.

Twenty-one people applied. The government shortlisted seven candidates. In addition to qualifications, it took into account criteria relating to gender (four women, three men), linguistic region (three people from French-speaking Switzerland, three from German-speaking Switzerland and one from Italian-speaking Switzerland) and the type of legal profession represented (representatives from the judicial and academic sectors).

The government then forwarded the files of the seven shortlisted candidates (along with the names of five other candidates) to the Swiss Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe (DCE). The DCE involved the Judicial Committee (CJ) of the Federal Assembly – which is responsible for preparing the election of federal judges – in the selection process. On 25 February 2026, these seven candidates attended a hearing before a joint meeting of the DCE and the CJ. The two bodies drew up a recommendation comprising three names listed in alphabetical order. The Chair of the DCE forwarded this recommendation to the Federal Council in a letter dated 26 February 2026, together with an assessment of the hearings.

On this basis, the Federal Council adopted the following list of candidates on 1 April 2026:

• Ms Jeanine de Vries Reilingh, Doctor of Law, judge at the Neuchâtel Cantonal Court of Justice;
• Ms Julia Hänni, professor of law, judge at the Federal Supreme Court;
• Mr Giuseppe Muschietti, lic. iur., LLM, judge at the Federal Supreme Court.

Switzerland submitted the above-mentioned list to the Advisory Panel of Experts on candidates for election as judge to the European Court of Human Rights on 1 April 2026 (…)

Appendix 1 – Curriculum vitae of Jeanine DE VRIES REILINGH

I. Personal details

Name: DE VRIES REILINGH, Jeanine

Gender: female

Date and place of birth: 21 May 1972 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nationality: Swiss

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

• Diploma of Swiss Certified Tax Expert (2006)
• Bar exam, Geneva (2000)
• PhD in Law, University of Neuchâtel (including a three-months doctoral research at the University of Montreal), doctoral thesis on «L’application des Pactes des Nations Unies relatifs aux droits de l’homme de 1966 par les Cours constitutionnelles ou par les Cours suprêmes en Suisse, en Allemagne et au Canada», supervised by Prof. Jean- François Aubert (1998 – Walther Hug Award)
• The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague (summer 1995)
• Master of Law (former licence), University of Neuchâtel, cum laude (March 1995)
• University of Bern, exchange year (1993-1994)
• Summer School at the University of Cambridge/UK (1992)
• Swiss Matura Type C, Claparède High School (Geneva), summa cum laude (1991)

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

• Ordinary Judge at the Cantonal Court of Justice of the canton of Neuchâtel, Civil and Criminal sections (full time since 1 September 2009 and currently serving in this position; notably President of the Criminal Appeals Authority [ARMP – autorité de recours en matière pénale] from 2011 to 2017, then Acting President from 1 January 026, and President of the Civil Appeals Court [CACIV – Cour d’appel civile] from 2017 to the present)
• President of the Cantonal Commission on the Liability of Public Authorities (CORESP), since 1 October 2021 (date of its establishment, in which I played an active role)
• Extraordinary Deputy Judge at the Tax Court and subsequently at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Neuchâtel (part of the Cantonal Court of Justice; 20% from October 2007 to May 2008; 70 % from June 2008 to August 2009)
• Legal officer and drafting lawyer within the Vaud Judicial Authority – initially at the Tenancy Court, then at the Cantonal Court, Criminal Court of Cassation (August 2000 – December 2001)
• Legal officer and drafting lawyer at the Labour Court (Prud’hommes) in Geneva (1999-2000)

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities

• Member of the Cantonal Office for Conciliation in Collective Labour Disputes (OCCCT-NE) since 2010
• Associate lawyer at the Law firm Carrard, Paschoud, Heim & Associés, then Carrard & Associés (later Kellerhals Carrard), Lausanne (February 2002 – June 2009)
• Trainee lawyer at Mentha & Associés, Geneva (August 1998 – July 2000)
• Research assistant to Prof. Pierre Wessner at the University of Neuchâtel (December 1994 – July 1998)

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

None

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

During my studies, I developed a keen interest in international instruments for the protection of human rights. I devoted research to this area, culminating in the publication of a doctoral thesis (PhD – see II.) on two treaties that show strong parallels with the ECHR, namely UN Covenants I and II. I undertook their analysis and evaluated their judicial application in three federal States: Switzerland, Germany and Canada.

This interest in human rights has endured and I have since then published different contributions related to fundamental guarantees, particularly those of the ECHR (see VII.).

For over 15 years I have served as a judge at the highest cantonal court. This is a supreme court within our federal system, which also exercises constitutional and conventional review. Some of its judgments are final and not subject to ordinary appeal. Drawing on a solid academic background and grounded in the realities underlying the disputes brought before us, I strive to apply Convention rights in a credible manner on a daily basis. Indeed, in the four weeks before the hearings in front of the commissions of our Federal Parliament, I took care to list the Convention rights invoked before our court. During this short period, our review addressed on several occasions the right to respect for family life (art. 8), measures of constraint (art. 5), the right to a fair trial with procedural guarantees (art. 6) and inhuman and degrading treatment (forced medication, art. 3). The application of the ECHR is an integral part of my daily work.

The implementation of human rights involves not only judicial activity: it is also necessary to ensure, beforehand, that the judicial authorities function properly. In this regard, my commitment to key positions in the management of these authorities (in the Administrative Commission of the Judicial Authorities, see V.a.) and the oversight of their proper functioning (within the Judicial Council, see V.a.), which involves inter-cantonal and federal projects, has given me expertise that is useful in structurally ensuring an effective application of the rights of the Convention.

V. Public activities

a. Public office

• Regarding my judicial activity, see III.a.
• Member of the Judiciary Council of the Canton of Neuchâtel (from May 2025, sitting on the executive committee), which is notably responsible for ensuring that judicial bodies function properly, in particular with regard to the requirements of art. 6 ECHR and the recommendations of the CEPEJ
• President of the Cantonal Commission on the Liability of Public Authorities (CORESP), from its establishment on 1 October 2021
• President of the Administrative Commission of the Judicial Authorities (within the meaning of arts. 67 et seq. OJN; from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020), whose primary task is to organise the courts and secure the necessary financial resources to deliver justice that respects fundamental guarantees
• President of the Cantonal Court of Justice for a two-year term from 1 September 2018
• President of the Provisional Administrative Commission of the Judicial Authorities (within the meaning of arts. 93 et seq. OJN; 2010), tasked with implementing the reform of the Neuchâtel judicial organisation for 1 January 2011
• Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Neuchâtel, 1996-1998

b. Elected posts

• Ordinary Judge at the Cantonal Court of Justice of the canton of Neuchâtel, since 2009, with successive re-elections for six-year terms

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

None

VI. Other activities

President of the Neuchâtel Association of Judicial Magistrates (AMJN, 2011-2016)

Various lectures at the University of Neuchâtel, including (titles in French):

• L’expertise familiale dans la jurisprudence et la pratique – Round table on 24 April 2026, in connection with the participation of the child in the procedure for the separation of its parents
• La jurisprudence de l’Autorité de recours en matière pénale (Case-law of the Criminal Appeals Authority), RJN Morning Session, April 2015
• Les conséquences fiscales en cas de divorce/séparation – La taxation commune, la taxation séparée: acomptes, solidarité, responsabilité, Tax Day of October 2009
• La juridiction fiscale à Neuchâtel, Le droit fiscal en 2009, Tax Day of May 28 2009

VII. Publications and other works

I am the author of 16 publications (including one book in progress). Here is a selection:

• L’application des Pactes des Nations Unies relatifs aux droits de l’homme de 1966 par les Cours constitutionnelles ou par les Cours suprêmes en Suisse, en Allemagne et au Canada, PhD in Law thesis, 1998 (Walther Hug Award)
• L’application des garanties de l’article 6 alinéa 1 CEDH à la procédure de divorce sur requête commune, spécialement le droit d’être entendu, PJA/AJP, 1999 (p. 1522-1529)
• Les garanties de procédure et en cas de détention: de la CEDH à la Constitution fédérale en un quart de siècle, Zentralblatt, 2000 (p. 16-26)
• La répression des infractions collectives et les problèmes liés à l’application de l’article 260ter CP relatif à l’organisation criminelle, notamment du point de vue de la présomption d’innocence, Revue de la société des juristes bernois, 2002 (p. 285-315)
• Droit fondamental de l’enfant à connaître son ascendance, PJA/AJP, 2003 (p. 363-372)
• Droit de se taire du prévenu, Analysis of ATF 130 I 126, PJA/AJP, 2004 (p. 1432-1435)
• La jurisprudence de l’Autorité de recours en matière pénale du canton de Neuchâtel depuis 2011, with François Delachaux and Niels Sörensen, RJN 2014 (p. 43-92)
• Attribution de la garde de l’enfant et audition de celui-ci: là où le Tribunal fédéral rappelle les principes de l’une et trace une limite pour l’autre, Analysis of the federal decision 5A_164/2019, Newsletter de droit matrimonial, Université de Neuchâtel, November 2020
• Bref survol du contrôle étatique des procédures en matière notamment de dopage, illustré par quelques arrêts topiques, in Alea jacta est: Santé! – Essays in honor of Prof. Olivier Guillod, 2021 (p. 727-741)
• «La Cour!» – La justice au quotidien: par qui, pour qui et comment?, with Emmanuel Piaget, PhD in Law and Judge the Cantonal Court of Justice of the canton of Neuchâtel, publication scheduled between late 2026 and 2027 (this work will also address fundamental guaranties such as the judicial independence, the swiftness of justice or the access to it)

VIII. Languages

Language	English	French	German	Dutch	Italian
Reading	C1	C2	C1	B2	B1
Writing	B2-C1	C2	C1	A2	A2
Listening	C1	C2	C1	C1	B1
Speaking	B2-C1	C2	C1	B1-B2	A2
How acquired?	At High School, then during several stays in English speaking regions	Native language since the age of five years	At secondary school and High School, then during stay in Germany and at Bern	First spoken language	Self-taught and stays in Italy, including a one-month course

IX. Other relevant information

I am married and we have three children, all adults.

X. Upgrading language skills

In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm

XI. Residency in Strasbourg

Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm

Appendix 2 – Curriculum vitae of Julia HÄNNI

I. Personal details

Name: HÄNNI, Julia Franziska

Gender: female

Date and place of birth: 29 May 1977 in Neuenegg/Bern, Switzerland

Nationality: Swiss

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

The following outlines my education, academic background, and other qualifications.

• 2021 Appointed as Honorary Professor at University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
• 2019 Elected by the United Federal Assembly as a judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
• 2017-2021 Habilitation at the University of Lucerne, venia legendi for Public Law, European Law, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (PD Dr. iur.)
• 2013 Global Justice Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT / United States
• 2010, 2012 Honoured with awards for my thesis
• 2006-2009 PhD Studies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG); (Dr. iur. HSG/PhD 2010)
• 2000-2005 Studies in Law at the University of Zurich (lic. iur./MLaw)

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

In the field of judicial activities, which constitutes my primary work, I have gained experience both as a judge and, previously, as a judicial assistant responsible for drafting decisions in an advisory capacity.

• Since 2019: Judge of the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, serving in the field of constitutional and public law
• 2012-2016 Judicial Assistant with advisory capacity [Gerichtsschreiberin] to several judges of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, gaining experience in constitutional law, human rights, and the functioning of the Judiciary

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities

Beyond my judicial activities, the main focus of my career lies in my academic work.

• Since 2021 Honorary Professor at University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. Teaching legal philosophy with a particular focus on epistemology and questions of constitutional and human rights law. I am also conducting scholarly research on judicial questions, in particular on the functioning of supreme courts
• 2016-2019 Assistant Professor of Public Law at the University of Lucerne, where I taught courses in public law, public international law, and European law, and was awarded a major four-year grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and concurrently pursued my habilitation thesis
• 2014-2021 Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen in the field of philosophy of law
• 2013-2016 Teaching assignments at the Universities of Lucerne and Zurich in the field of public law
• 2010-2012 Senior Research Assistant at the Institute for European Law at University of Fribourg
• 2009-2011 Teaching at the National Hindu Dharma Institute at Denpasar, Indonesia
• 2010 Research Assistant in Legal History, Sociology of Law, and Criminal Law (Prof. Dr. iur. Lukas Gschwend), University of St. Gallen (HSG)
• 2006-2010 Research Assistant in Constitutional, Administrative, and European Law (Prof. Dr. iur. Tobias Jaag), University of Zurich

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

After graduating with the Swiss Federal Matura (baccalaureate), I worked as a professional equestrian.

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

My activities and experience in the field of human rights encompass judicial service at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, as well as research and teaching.

Serving as a national judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court since 2019 has given me practical experience in applying the Convention at the national level. I serve in the II. Public Law Division of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, which is, to a large extent, dedicated to constitutional and Convention law matters. This includes cases concerning freedom of religion and conscience, freedom of expression and information, equality before the law, the prohibition of discrimination, and economic freedoms. I deal with most of the key questions of Swiss constitutional law, as interpreted in the light of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

I have published numerous articles in the field of human rights, addressing both constitutional law and the ECHR. I regularly participate in meetings of the highest German-speaking European constitutional courts, and gave a short talk on Religious Freedom at the at the German Federal Constitutional Courtin in Karlsruhe, as well as on the Case Law on Equality before the Law at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxemburg. I have conducted comparative research on how supreme courts in different jurisdictions approach Convention questions. I was given the opportunity to share my experience and present my research on exhaustion of domestic remedies and subsidiarity at the opening of the 2024 Judicial Year at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Alongside judicial work, I teach law and legal philosophy with a focus on the development of constitutional and human rights law. My courses emphasise critical analysis of fundamental rights in current ethical debates, the theoretical foundations of law, and the interplay between national constitutions and international courts. Students engage in discussions on both doctrinal principles and practical applications, fostering a nuanced understanding of contemporary constitutional and human rights challenges.

V. Public activities

a. Public office

Not applicable

b. Elected posts

• 2019 Elected by the United Federal Assembly as a judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.
• 2022 Elected as President of the Swiss Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

Not applicable

VI. Other activities

• President of the Swiss Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (Board member since 2012, President since 2023)
• Member of the Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer e. V. [Association of German Public Law Scholars, registered society] (since 2021)

VII. Publications and other works

I am author of four monographs (two in multiple editions), editor of nine volumes (one with six editions), and 55 scholarly articles. Specialised in constitutional law, human rights, and European institutions. The following is a selection of my publications:

• Preliminary Remarks on Articles 8–11 ECHR [= Vorbemerkungen zu Art. 8-11 EMRK], in: Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights, 1st ed., Basel 2025, pp. 325 ff.
• Article 9 ECHR: Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion [= Art. 9 EMRK: Gedanken-, Gewissens-und Religionsfreiheit], in: Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights, op. cit., pp. 398 ff.
• Article 2, Protocol No. 1 ECHR: Right to Education [= Art. 2 Zusatzprotokoll EMRK: Recht auf Bildung], in: Commentary on the European Convention on Human Rights, op. cit., pp. 881 ff.
• Philosophy of Law – In a Nutshell [= Rechtsphilosophie – in a nutshell], 2nd Edition 2025.
• On the Methodology of the Federal Supreme Court in Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation, [= Zur Methodik des Bundesgerichts bei der Norminterpretation], in 150 Years of the Federal Supreme Court, Festschrift, Bern 2025, pp. 313 ff.
• Constitutional Review and Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies; European Court of Human Rights, Opening of the Judicial Year 2024. Judicial Seminar, “Revisiting subsidiarity in an era of shared responsibility”, Strasbourg 2024; original version of the speech available here.
• Among Equals: What Is Equality Before the Law? [= Unter Gleichen: Was bedeutet Rechtsgleichheit?], Swiss Law Journal (ZSR) 143 (2024) I, pp. 147 ff.
• The Independence of the Judiciary: Principles and Implications. In light of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court and with reference to the ECHR, [= Unabhängigkeit der Gerichte – worum geht es? Im Lichte der Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts und unter Berücksichtigung der EMRK], ZSR 141 (2022) I, Special Issue on the Rule of Law, pp. 551 ff.
• The Constitutional Framework of Judicial Law: Precedent, Judicial Methodology, and Fundamental Rights [= Verfassungsstruktur des Judikativen Rechts. Zur Präjudizienrezeption als Methodik gerichtlicher Entscheidfindung. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Grundrechte], 2022, reprinted 2023.
• European Law: The European Institutions from a Swiss Perspective [= Europarecht. Die Europäischen Institutionen aus Schweizerischer Sicht], 5th ed., 2022 (co-authored with Tobias Jaag).

VIII. Languages

Language	English	French	German	Italian	Indonesian
Reading	C1	C1	Mother tongue	C1	B2
Writing	C1	C1	Mother tongue	C1	B2
Listening	C1	C1	Mother tongue	C1	B2
Speaking	C1	C1	Mother tongue	C1	B2
How acquired?	In the course of my professional work	In the course of my professional work	Mother tongue	In the course of my professional work	Courses taken at university abroad

IX. Other relevant information

Not applicable

X. Upgrading language skills

In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm

XI. Residency in Strasbourg

Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm

Appendix 3 – Curriculum vitae of Giuseppe MUSCHIETTI

I. Personal details

Name: MUSCHIETTI, Giuseppe

Gender: male

Date and place of birth: 13 January 1964 in Lugano, Switzerland

Nationality: Swiss

II. Education and academic, and other qualifications

• 1996-1997: University of Chicago Law School (USA), Master of Laws (LL.M.) (subjects of study included US antitrust, intellectual property, telecommunications law and policy, corporate law, international trade and law and economics; researcher for the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research)
• 1994-1995: College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium), Master in European Community Law (LL.M) (subjects of study included EU Law, in particular EU economic law, competition, anti-dumping and intellectual property law)
• 1993: Notary public diploma (Switzerland)
• 1992: Attorney diploma (Switzerland)
• 1989: Law Degree (lic. iur.), University of Zurich Law School (Switzerland)

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Description of judicial activities

• 2026-now: President of the First Criminal Law Division of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
• 2023-now: Ordinary Judge of the Swiss Military Supreme Court (elected as a French-speaking judge)
• 2023-2025: President of the Board of Appeal of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
• 2020-now: Judge of the First Criminal Law Division of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (criminal law and procedure)
• 2019: Judge of the First Public Law Division of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (cases handled included those related to criminal procedure, political rights, land use planning, environmental law, international mutual assistance in criminal matters)
• 2019-now: Ordinary Judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (working languages as Judge-Rapporteur: German, French and Italian)
• 2018: Vice-President of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court
• 2014-2017: Member of the Administrative Commission of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court
• 2012-2017: President of the Criminal Chamber of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court
• 2009-2018: Ordinary Judge of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (cases related to money laundering, white-collar crimes, bribery, organised crime, counter-terrorism legislation, drug trafficking; elected as a French-speaking Judge)
• 2001-2009: Public Prosecutor of the Canton of Ticino (Switzerland) (cases related to white-collar crimes, money laundering, international mutual assistance in criminal matters; representative to the Swiss Conference of Public Prosecutors)
• 1995-1996: Legal Assistant, Chambers of Judge Prof. G. Federico Mancini, Court of Justice of the European Communities (now Court of Justice of the European Union), Luxembourg (working language: French)
• 1993-1994: Ordinary Judge at the Lugano District Civil Court (Switzerland) (cases related to family law, international mutual assistance in civil matters)

b. Description of non-judicial legal activities

• 1997- 2001: Attorney, Bolla Bonzanigo & Associati law firm, Lugano (matters related to commercial, corporate and banking law, international assistance in administrative matters)
• 1993: Attorney, Dr. Ferruccio & Fulvio Pelli law firm, Lugano (matters related to private and administrative law)
• 1989-1992: Legal & notarial training, Lugano
• 1989: Legal Assistant, Prof. Larese, Korth & Neff law firm, Zurich

c. Description of non-legal professional activities

-

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

2023-now: Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe

2019-now: Experience in the field of the ECHR gained as a judge of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court and as a judge of the Swiss Military Supreme Court, with a focus on:

• the right to liberty and security (detention; therapeutic measures)
• the right to a fair trial
• the principle of legality
• the ne bis in idem doctrine
• the right to life (expulsion of foreign criminals; assisted suicide; use of lethal force; deaths in detention; positive procedural obligations)
• the right to respect for private and family life and prohibition of torture (expulsion of foreign criminals; positive procedural obligations)
• freedom of expression (discrimination and incitement to hatred; investigative journalism)
• freedom of expression and freedom of assembly (demonstrations)

2015-2018: Swiss representative to the Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals Program (HELP) of the Council of Europe

2001-2018: Experience in the field of the ECHR gained as a judge of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court and as Public Prosecutor of the Canton of Ticino (Switzerland), with a focus on:

• the right to liberty and security (detention; therapeutic measures)
• the right to a fair trial
• the principle of legality
• the ne bis in idem doctrine

V. Public activities

a. Public office

-

b. Elected posts

-

c. Posts held in a political party or movement

FDP.The Liberals Switzerland (membership)

VI. Other activities

• 2025-now: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Training of Swiss Judges
• 2024-now: Member of the Permanent Bureau of the Swiss Criminal Law Society
• 2021-2024: President of the Swiss Criminal Law Society
• 2020-2021: Vice-President of the Swiss Criminal Law Society
• 2019-2023: Member of the Board of the Swiss Judges’ Association
• 2019-2023: President of the Administrative Board of the Foundation for the Training of Swiss Judges
• 2018-2020: Member of the Board of the Swiss Criminal Law Society
• 2015-2018: Member of the Administrative Board of the Foundation for the Training of Swiss Judges

VII. Publications and other works

• Mandatory Expulsion Under Article 66a of the Swiss Criminal Code in the Framework of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is Judicial Scrutiny Pursuant to Article 106(2) of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court Act in Accordance With Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights? in 150 ans Tribunal fédéral, Berne 2025, p. 763-782
• Magill: Intellectual Property Rights Goodbye? European Interuniversity Press, Bruxelles 1998 (College of Europe – Working Papers – N° 35 – Series Law)
• Intellectual Property Aspects of the Essential Facilities Doctrine (with Comparative Elements of EC Law). Internal Independent Research Paper under the Supervision of Prof. Kenneth W. Dam, University of Chicago Law School, Spring Quarter 1997
• CourEDH: Contrôle abstrait de conventionnalité? in «Justice- Justiz – Giustizia» 2022/2
• L’examen de l’accusation dans la procédure pénale administrative, in Jusletter 8 juillet 2019
• Wirtschaftlicher Nachrichtendienst – eine richterliche Perspektive, in Top Secret, Geheimnisschutz und Spionage, Zurich 2015, p. 113-145
• Ist die “Cassis de Dijon”-Rechtsprechung auch auf Arbeitnehmer anwendbar? Anmerkung zu EuGH Rs C-415/93 (Bosman), in AJP 01/97, p. 44-50
• Riciclaggio di denaro. Riflessioni su recenti dinamiche giurisprudenziali, in Tempus fugit, 20 ans Tribunal pénal fédéral, Bâle 2024, p. 385-395
• Cronaca di un dialogo a distanza, in «Justice – Justiz – Giustizia» 2021/2
• Dell'esame dell'accusa, in Giurisdizione federale. Da dieci anni all'ombra dei castelli, Bâle 2016, p. 79-131

VIII. Languages

Language	English	French	German	Italian
Reading	Full working proficiency	bilingual proficiency	bilingual proficiency	native language
Writing	full working proficiency	bilingual proficiency	bilingual proficiency	native language
Listening	full working proficiency	bilingual proficiency	bilingual proficiency	native language
Speaking	full working proficiency	bilingual proficiency	bilingual proficiency	native language
How acquired?	academic education	academic education; judicial activities	academic education; judicial activities	native language

IX. Other relevant information

-

X. Upgrading language skills

In the event that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm

XI. Residency in Strasbourg

Please confirm that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court (please tick the box to confirm).

[X] Yes, I confirm