Helena Jäderblom (born 16 October 1958) is a Swedish jurist and civil servant. From 2012 to 2018, she was a judge at the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a ...

. Since 2018, Jäderblom is president of Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court. Born in Gothenburg, Jäderblom received a

Master of Law A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

degree from the

University of Uppsala Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

in 1983. After working as a court clerk for a couple of years, she became an assistant judge at the Administrative Court of Appeal in Stockholm in 1987 and later an associate judge at the same place.Doc. 12936 117 Helena JÄDERBLOM CURRICULUM VITAE
pp 117-119.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Assembly is made up o ...

. Retrieved 5 July 2014 She worked for the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

as legal adviser in the Division of Constitutional law from 1994 and also served as deputy director there. Between 2002 and 2005 she was head of the divions that prepared decisions on pardons for convicts. From 2005 she was senior judge at the County Administrative Court in Stockholm, from 2007 chief judge at the Administrative court of Appeal in Stockholm and in 2011 she became judge at the

Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden ( sv, Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen, before 2011 ''Regeringsrätten'', acronym ''RR'' or ''RegR'') is the supreme court and the third and final tier for administrative court cases in Sweden, and is loca ...

.Press release,

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateralism, bilateral, and multilateralism, multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citi ...

(27 June 2012
Helena Jäderblom appointed judge of European Court of Human Rights
Government.se. In April 2012, the Swedish government nominated her as one of three candidates to replace Elisabet Fura as the Swedish judge at the European Court of Human Rights. In June the same year she was elected new judge for a nine-year period by a majority of the

. In 2018, Helena Jäderblom was appointed president of the

. She took office on 1 September 2018. Jäderblom was one of the two judges who dissented in the

S.A.S. v. France ''S.A.S. v. France'' was a case brought for the European Court of Human Rights which ruled that the French ban on face covering did not violate European Convention on Human Rights's (ECHR) provisions on right to privacy or freedom of religion, nor ...

case where a majority found the

French ban on face covering The French ban on face covering (french: LOI n° 2010-1192: Loi interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public, "Law of 2010-1192: Act prohibiting concealment of the face in public space") is an act of parliament passed by the Senate ...

in compliance with the

European Convention on Human Rights The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by t ...

.Ronan Ó Fathaigh (4 July 2014
A Lesson for Applicants: Don’t Agree to a Relinquishment to the Grand Chamber
Strasbourg Observers.

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