Giovanni Grasso (born 25 April 1950 in

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) is an

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judge, serving as international judge of the

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from 2016 to 2020.Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - CV
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Biography

Grasso graduated in Law with honours from the

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in November 1972. From 1976 to 1986 he served as judge - first as investigating judge at the Court of Milan, and then at the legislative office of the Italian Ministry of Justice, dealing with criminal law reform initiatives. Since 1986 he is full professor of

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at the

, also teaching European criminal law. He has authored a large number of scientific works in criminal law and european criminal law. From March 1996 to December 2003 Grasso served as a member (judge) of the

Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina :''This article refers to the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Dayton Peace Agreement institution; it should not be confused with the separate International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, which is a criminal court of ...

, also presiding the second panel and being vice-president of the Chamber from December 1998 to December 2002. In 2016, the

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President

Guido Raimondi Guido Raimondi (born 22 October 1953) is an Italian judge born in Naples and former judge and President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Raimondi was nominated to the court by Italy and began his 9-year term as ECHR judge on 5 May 201 ...

appointed him as Judge of the

. He retired in 2020 upon reaching the age of 70.

External links

Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - CV

University of Catania - CV

References

1950 births Living people 20th-century Italian judges Judges of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Catania alumni 21st-century Italian judges {{Italy-law-bio-stub