Mark Villiger
{{Short description|Swiss judge (1950–2023)}}
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| name = Mark E. Villiger
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| image = Mark Villiger.jpg
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| caption = Villiger in 2023
| office = Judge of the
European Court of Human Rights
in respect of Liechtenstein
| term_start = 1 September 2006
| term_end = 31 August 2015
| predecessor =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1950|05|17}}
| birth_place = Louis Trichardt, South Africa
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|12|10|1950|05|17}}
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| nationality = Swiss, French
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| website = https://markvilliger.com/
| footnotes =
| successor = Carlo Ranzoni
}}
Mark E. Villiger (17 May 1950 – 10 December 2023) was a Swiss judge who served as Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein.{{Cite news|last=Fontana|first=Katharina|title=Mark Villiger – Richter ohne Allüren {{!}} NZZ|url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/mark-villiger--richter-ohne-allueren-1.18605309|access-date=5 October 2021|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|date=September 2015 |language=de}}[https://trauer.nzz.ch/traueranzeige/mark-eugen-villiger Traueranzeige]. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15 December 2023.
Biography
Villiger was born in Louis Trichardt, South Africa on 17 May 1950. He grew up in Mozambique and Feldkirch, Austria before he studied law at the University of Zurich. He began his career at the European Court of Human Rights in 1983 as a secretary in the Human Rights Commission and assumed as a judge of the ECHR in 2006. Villiger died on 10 December 2023, at the age of 73.
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== External links ==
- [https://markvilliger.com/ Page Mark Villiger]
- [https://europainstitut.de/en/lehre-forschung/dozenten/team-v/pl-villiger Mark E. Villiger auf der Website des Europa-Instituts der Universität des Saarlandes]
- [https://www.ivr.uzh.ch/de/institutsmitglieder/villiger/mark-villiger/person/publikationen.html Mark E. CV University of Zurich]
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Category:People from Louis Trichardt
Category:Judges of the European Court of Human Rights
Category:Liechtenstein judges of international courts and tribunals
Category:South African emigrants to Switzerland
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