Hildur Hjörvar

Hildur Hjörvar

France, Strasbourg
Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights at Council of Europe
Profession: Lawyer
Industry: Judiciary

About:

Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights. Previously Deputy to the Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe and Associate Lawyer at Logos Legal Services. Admitted to the Bar in Iceland. With six years of law studies in Iceland, France and the Netherlands, and nine years' experience working in law, I specialise primarily in human rights and litigation.

languages

Icelandic, English, French, Danish

Expertise:

Human RightsLitigationLegal ResearchLegal Advice

Experience:

Council of Europe

Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights at Council of Europe

January 2019 - Present • Strasbourg, France

Case-processing lawyer, tasked with drafting decisions and judgments.

Trainee at Council of Europe

4 mth • March 2018 - July 2018 • Strasbourg, France

Legal trainee at the European Court of Human Rights, assigned to Judge Robert Spano.

Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Deputy to the Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe at Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs

4 mth • August 2018 - December 2018 • Strasbourg, France

Only on-site member of the Icelandic Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe, charged with representing Iceland in the Committee of Ministers.

Education:

University of Strasbourg

Master 2 droit des libertés, parcours droit européen des droits de l'homme, mention bien.

Utrecht University

Erasmus exchange, following an LL.M. programme in Public International Law, Human Rights track.

University of Iceland

M.A. in Law. Award for highest GPA and best dissertation. First person ever to win every award for academic achievement given by the Law Faculty. Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition top speaker 2016, EEA Law Moot Court competition winner and best speaker 2017. Teaching and research assistant to four professors.

University of Iceland

B.A. in law. Award for highest GPA. Orator Moot Court Competition winner. Mentor for younger students, representative for students' interests.

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