Anatoly Ivanovich Kovler (russian: Анатолий Иванович Ковлер) (born 26 August 1948) is a

Tajikistani The Demographics of Tajikistan is about the demography of the population of Tajikistan, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the popu ...

-born

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

n lawyer, former professor at the Academic Law University of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

and the

judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

of 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 ...

in respect of

. His term expired on 31 October 2012.

Early life

Kovler was born in Sari-Khassar,

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, then part of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. In 1966, he began studying at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO), the diplomatic school of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with lea ...

, and graduated with a diploma in 1971. From 1973 to 1978, he studied history at the Institute of Comparative Political Studies of the

, and in 1979 was appointed senior researcher at the institute.

Career

From 1980 to 1999, he was director of research at the Centre of Comparative Law of the Institute of State and Law of the

, being promoted in 1985 to professor of law and awarded the title of doctor of law in 1991. In 1999, he was elected by the

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 ...

to succeed Vladimir Tumanov as the

of the

in respect of

. He was vice-president of its first section. His term at the court expired on 31 October 2012.

References

External links

Website of the European Court of Human Rights
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovler, Anatoly 1948 births Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Russian judges Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Living people Russian judges of international courts and tribunals Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics

Early life

Career

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