Erik Møse is a Norwegian

Norway

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 judge. He was the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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 (ICTR) from 2003 to 2007, was the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the ICTR.. He was recently elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights, in respect of Norway (http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/en/header/the+court/the+court/judges+of+the+court/).

He graduated from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

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 and had post-graduate studies in Geneva

Geneva

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. Beginning in 1981, he taught at the University of Oslo. He then became a Fellow at the University of Essex

University of Essex

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 in England

England

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 and subsequently an Honorary Doctor

Honorary degree

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. He has published extensively in the field of human rights

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. Among others, he led the committee that published the Norwegian Official Report

Norwegian Official Report

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 1993:18 on human rights.

Prior to joining ICTR, he was head of division in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

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 until 1986; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993; presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal

Borgarting Court of Appeal

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 in Oslo

Oslo

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 from 1993 to 1999.

Møse became Vice President of the ICTR in 1999, then President in 2003, succeeding Navanethem Pillay. Møse was succeeded in 2007 by Dennis Byron

Dennis Byron

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. In 2008 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice of Norway

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Møse is married and has two children, who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.