Renate Jaeger
Renate Jaeger | |
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Judge of the European Court of Human Rights | |
In office 1 November 2004 – 30 December 2010 | |
Succeeded by | Angelika Nussberger |
Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
In office 24 March 1994 – 31 October 2004 | |
Succeeded by | Reinhard Gaier |
Personal details | |
Born | Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany | 30 December 1940
Alma mater | Cologne, Munich, Lausanne |
Renate Jaeger (born 30 December 1940) is a German lawyer and a former
Early life
Jaeger was born in
Judicial career
Between 1970 and 1971, Jaeger was seconded as a research assistant to the Bundessozialgericht, and in 1974 was promoted to sit on the Landessozialgericht for North Rhine-Westphalia, remaining there until 1987. From 1976 to 1979, she was again seconded as a research assistant, this time to the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the
As well as being a member of the Federal Social Court, Jaeger was appointed in 1988 to sit on the State Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1991 to 1994, she took on a lectureship at the
On 28 April 2004, Jaeger was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to be a judge on the European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, France, with effect from 1 November that year. On 14 October, she received an honorary doctorate by the University of Münster, and that Autumn was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband). She was succeeded at the Federal Constitutional Court by Reinhard Gaier. On 2 July 2009, she was elected vice-president of one of the Court's Sections. Her term at the Court ended on 30 December 2010, and she was succeeded by Angelika Nussberger.
Charity
Jaeger is a member of the board of trustees of Aktion Deutschland Hilft, an alliance of German emergency aid organisations.
References
- "New Vice-President: Renate Jaeger". ECHR Blog. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- "Annual Report" (PDF). European Court of Human Rights. 2004.