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András Sajó

b. 1949

Hungarian former judge at the European Court of Human Rights

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About András Sajó

Born 1949. András Sajó is a Hungarian judge and jurist.

András Sajó (born 25 March 1949) is a Hungarian legal academic and former European Court of Human Rights judge.

Sajó was born in Budapest. He was the founding Dean of the Legal Studies department at the Central European University in Budapest. Later he chaired the Comparative Constitutional Law LL.M. program.

Between 2001 and 2007, he served on the board of directors of the Open Society Justice Initiative of New York.

Between February, 2008 and April, 2017 he served as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Hungary. He was the President of the First Section of the Court as well as the President of the Fourth Section. As a judge, he was cited in an independent NGO report which shows that he seated in three cases where the Open Society Justice Initiative was involved as a third party (Centro Europa 7 S.r.l. and Di Stefano v. Italy, Pauliukienė and Pauliukas v. Lithuania and Ahmet Yldirim v. Turkey).

After completing the term at the Court, Sajó returned to the CEU, where he currently is a university professor. On 6 May 2020, Facebook appointed him to its content oversight board.

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Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
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Andras Sajo

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Who is András Sajó?

Hungarian former judge at the European Court of Human Rights

When was András Sajó born?

András Sajó was born on 25 March 1949 in Budapest.

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András Sajó is a judge and jurist.

What nationality is András Sajó?

András Sajó is Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: András Sajó

· Wikidata: Q1254943

· DBpedia: András Sajó

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