Hanne Sophie Greve (born 14 April 1952 in

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) is a Norwegian judge. She graduated as cand.jur. in (1976) and later (1988) dr. juris at the

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. She was

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at the

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from 1998 to 2004. Before she was appointed to the position in Strasbourg, she was a

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and was involved in a number of national and international projects where

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were in focus. Her

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was about

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from

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, a subject about which she has shown a particular interest and written about on various occasions. Greve is currently () writing a book on an alleged

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manoeuver originating with

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, concerning an allied invasion in 1942 during

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. Greve is of the opinion that this invasion never was anything other than a distraction, a distraction that cost the lives of several hundred Norwegians, among which the inhabitants of a fiskevær in the

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region of the country. No date has yet been given for the publication of the book. On 30 April 2007 Greve stated that Norway has come to be perceived as a haven for international war criminals just like the South American countries after World War II. This statement was given in a TV documentary on Norway's TV 2 In 1995 she was awarded the

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Bibliography

*''Kampuchean refugees 'between the tiger and the crocodile' : international law and the overall scope of one refugee situation'' (1988) *''Land tenure and property rights in Cambodia'' (1993) *''Frihet fra lenker: arbeid for menneskets rettigheter: professor Thorolf Raftos stiftelse 1986-1996''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greve, Hanne Sofie 1952 births Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Living people Norwegian judges University of Bergen alumni People from Tønsberg Norwegian officials of the United Nations Norwegian judges of international courts and tribunals