András Sajó (born 25 March 1949) is a Hungarian legal academic and former

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judge. Sajó was born in

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. He was the founding Dean of the Legal Studies department at the

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in Budapest. Later he chaired the Comparative Constitutional Law LL.M. program. Between 2001 and 2007, he served on the board of directors of the

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of New York. Between February, 2008 and April, 2017 he served as a Judge of the

in respect of Hungary. He was the President of the First Section of the Court as well as the President of the Fourth Section. After completing the term at the Court, Sajó returned to the CEU, where he currently is a University Professor. On 6 May 2020,

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appointed him to its content oversight board.

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1949 births Living people Hungarian judges Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Academic staff of Central European University Hungarian judges of international courts and tribunals Facebook Oversight Board members {{Hungary-law-bio-stub