Artūrs Kučs leaves his position as the Judge of the Constitutional Court due to his appointment as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Today, 2 September, Artūrs Kučs leaves the position of the Judge of the Constitutional Court to take up his duties as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
On 16 April 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Artūrs Kučs as a Latvian Judge to the European Court of Human Rights by an absolute majority. He will take up his duties as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights after taking the oath of office on 4 September.
On 22 December 2016, the Parliament (Saeima) confirmed Artūrs Kučs as a Judge of the Constitutional Court, and he took the position on 21 April 2017.
About the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights was founded in 1959 and is based in Strasbourg. It is an international court set up by the Council of Europe to hear applications by a person or a state for violations of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols. Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights are binding on Member States. The Court comprises 46 judges, one from each member state of the Council of Europe, elected for a single nine-year term.