Hildur Hjörvar
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:
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
2021 - 2022
Master 2 droit des libertés, parcours droit européen des droits de l'homme, mention bien.
Utrecht University
2015 - 2016
Erasmus exchange, following an LL.M. programme in Public International Law, Human Rights track.
University of Iceland
2015 - 2017
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
2012 - 2015
B.A. in law. Award for highest GPA. Orator Moot Court Competition winner. Mentor for younger students, representative for students' interests.