Vincent A. De Gaetano

Vincent A. De Gaetano
Judge of the
European Court of Human Rights
in respect of Malta
Assumed office
20 September 2010
Personal details
Born (1952-08-17) 17 August 1952
Sliema, Malta
Residence Strasbourg

Vincent A. De Gaetano (born 17 August 1952) is a Maltese judge born in Sliema, Malta and currently the judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Malta.[1] Since 3 November 2010 he is Vice-President of Section IV.

De Gaetano succeeded Giovanni Bonello, who, together with two other candidates, had been proposed in 1998 by then Prime Minister Alfred Sant. The election of a Maltese judge for the ECHR had been protracting since 2004, with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe twice rejecting the Maltese Government’s all-male lists.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=court/judges&c=#n1368718271710_pointer
  2. ↑ Charlot Zahra (June 22, 2010), Vincent De Gaetano elected European Court of Human Rights judge Malta Today.


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