Andreas Zünd

Andreas Zünd (born 8 February 1957, St. Gallen[1]), is a Swiss jurist who has served as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights since 2021.

Andreas Zünd
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Assumed office
2021
Succeeded byHelen Keller
Federal Judge of Switzerland
In office
2003–2021
Personal details
Born (1957-02-08) 8 February 1957
St.Gallen, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwiss
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Switzerland

Education

Zünd studied law at the University of Bern from where he obtained a licentiate in 1982 and doctorate in 1986.[1]

Professional career

After graduation he became a court clerk at the Higher Court of Argovia for a year before he assumed the same duty at the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne between 1987 until 1996.[1] Besides he acted as the substitute judge for the high court in Argovia between 1987 and 2002 before he assumed as an ordinary Judge at the same court from 2002 to 2004.[1] Concordantly he also acted as a part-time judge at the Federal Court of Switzerland from 1996 to 2004 before he was elected a Federal Judge in Dezember 2003[1] as the successor of Martin Schubarth.[2]

Federal Judge of Switzerland

As a Swiss Federal Judge he was involved in several notable cases of public law like the transfer of date from thousands of UBS bank account holders to the French authorities.[3] In Switzerland judges are members of a political party for which Switzerland was often criticized by the Council of Europe.[3] He is a member of the left-wing Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP).[3]

Judge at the European Court of Human Rights

In January 2021 he was elected a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe(PACE).[4] He is the sixth judge representing Switzerland at the ECHR[5] and only the second Swiss Federal judge to assumed as a judge at the ECHR.[6]

References
  1. "Andreas Zünd". Weblaw AG (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  2. "Andreas Zünd wird neuer Bundesrichter". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. Alder, Kathrin (26 January 2021). "Glänzender Jurist und Reizfigur für die SVP - die Schweiz hat wieder einen Richter in Strassburg". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. "PACE elects Andreas Zünd judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Switzerland". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29.
  5. "Le juge fédéral Andreas Zünd est élu à la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme". rts.ch (in French). 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. Häfliger, Markus (20 January 2021). "Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte – Das ist unser neuer Mann für Strassburg". Berner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
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