Robert R. Spano
Icelandic judge · Iceland · On the map · Lawyers · Born 1972 · age 54
Róbert Ragnar Spanó is an Icelandic-Italian jurist, judge, and former president of the European Court of Human Rights. He has been a partner and barrister at the multinational law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher since the end of this tenure as president of the court in October 2022.
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He started his tenure as president of the court on 18 May 2020, succeeding Judge Sicilianos from Greece. Before beginning his service on the court on 1 November 2013, he served provisionally as parliamentary ombudsman of Iceland and dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland. Spano's mandate as a judge and president of the court ended on 31 October 2022 when he was succeeded by Judge Siofra O'Leary.