Erik Møse (born 9 October 1950) is a

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judge. Møse has been a judge at the

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(ICTR),

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, and the

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(ECHR). At the ICTR, he served as Vice President and later President. Having retired from his judicial career, he is currently serving as Chair of the

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Education and early career

Møse graduated from the

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and had post-graduate studies at the

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. Beginning in 1981, he taught at the University of Oslo. He then became a Fellow at the

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and subsequently an

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Human rights expert

Møse has published extensively in the field of

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. He led the committee that published the

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1993:18 on human rights. Møse was head of department in the

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until 1986; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993; and presiding judge at

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from 1993 to 1999. Møse became Vice President of the

(ICTR) in 1999, then President in 2003, succeeding

Navanethem Pillay Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, she was the first non-white woman judge o ...

. Møse was President of the ICTR from 2003 to 2007. , he was the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the ICTR. In 2008 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice of Norway. In 2011 he was elected judge at the

. He resumed his Supreme Court chair in 2018.

Personal life

Møse is married and has two children, who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.

References

1950 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Norwegian legal scholars Academics of the University of Essex Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Supreme Court of Norway justices Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Norwegian officials of the United Nations Norwegian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals Norwegian judges of international courts and tribunals {{norway-law-bio-stub