Jos Silvis

Johannes "Jos" Silvis (born 14 November 1953) is a Dutch law professor and judge. He was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 2012 through 1 September 2016. He subsequently became attorney general at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

Biography Silvis was born in 1953 in Winschoten. He obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1977. By 1979, he had obtained a master's degree in penal and constitutional law. Between 1980 and 1993 he was a lecturer at the faculty of law of Utrecht University.

Between 1994 and 2001 Silvis was judge and later vice-president of the court of Rotterdam. In 2001, he moved to the High Court of Appeal in The Hague, where he served until 2010 with a two-year hiatus between 2003 and 2005 as judge and vice-president. During his hiatus he worked for the Committee on Criminal Procedure and Legislation of the Dutch Ministry of Justice. On 1 November 2012 he succeeded Egbert Myjer.

Silvis resigned per 1 September 2016 to become attorney general at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, he succeeded .