María Elósegui

María Elósegui Itxaso (born, 7 December 1957, San Sebastián) is a Spanish jurist, philosopher and Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Zaragoza. She was appointed in January 2018 a judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

María Elósegui
María Elósegui Itxaso
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Assuming office
2018
SucceedingLuis López Guerra
Personal details
Born7 December 1957
CitizenshipSpanish
Alma materUniversidad de Navarra
OccupationJurist, professor, judge

Education

Maria Elósegui graduated with a Ph.D from the University of Navarra in 1987 and followed up on her studies with a second master in philosophy at the University of Glasgow in 1989.[1] Following she studied law at the University of Sain-Louis, Brussels, Belgium from where she graduated with a MSc in 1994.[1] She obtained a Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Navarra in 2002.[1]

Professional career

Between1982 and 1988 she was teaching philosophy in Bilbao, and from 1988 to 1989 she researched at the Glasgow University.[1] She became a Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Zaragossa in 1994 and lectured until 2018.[1] She was also assigned as a member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) between 2013 and 2017.[2] Since 2018, she is the representative of Spain in the European Court of Human Rights,[3] succeeding Luis López Guerra[4]

Controversies

In 2018, she dissented with the rest of the ruling judges at the ECHR and mentioned in her opinion that what the Pussy Riots have done, is not covered by liberty of expression and would have deserved a punishment.[5] The Pussy Riots have performed a protest performance at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow in 2012 against the return of Vladimir Putin.[6]

Publications

During her career, she published numerous books concerning to rule of law, except the one about the Peine el Viento.[2]

Personal life

María Elósegui Itxaso is the daughter of engineer José María Elósegui and a sister to the film director and documentary filmmaker José María Elósegui, who in 2008 released the documentary about the Peine del Viento,[7] a well known sculpture in San Sebastian. Maria Elosegui also wrote a book about the sculpture to which her father collaborated as an engineer.[2] Her sister, Dr. Lucía Elósegui, is the transplant coordinator to the University Hospital of San Sebastian.[8] She is also a member of the christian Opus Dei.[9]

References
  1. "Composition of the European Court of Human Rights". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. Mujika, Mikel. "Una donostiarra hace historia como primera jueza española en Estrasburgo". www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  3. "PACE elects María Elósegui Ichaso judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Spain". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. January 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. AGENCIAS, RTVE es / (2018-01-23). "Elósegui, primera juez española del Tribunal Europeo de DD.HH | RTVE". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  5. Periódico, El (2018-08-30). "Polémico voto particular de la jueza Elósegui en el Tribunal de Estrasburgo". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  6. "Russians rally support for Orthodox church over Pussy Riot controversy". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2012-04-22. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  7. "Fallece José María Elósegui, aventurero y realizador de documentales por los cinco continentes. Noticias de Gipuzkoa". 2015-12-12. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  8. "Euskadi aporta 1.500 donantes de médula en un año al registro mundial". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  9. Beni, Elisa (2018-01-27). "La jueza Elósegui". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
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