Pauliine Koskelo (née Järvelä, born 22 June 1956) was appointed President of the Supreme Court of Finland in 2005.[1] On 21 April 2015 she was elected as a judge to the European Court of Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[2]
Education
editKoskelo is a graduate of the University of Helsinki Law Faculty, and Dr. iur. h.c. of that university.
Early career
editKoskelo served at the Ministry of Justice in various areas of legislative work and international co-operation, including questions of European Union law. Between 1999 and 2015, she worked in senior positions at the legal directorate of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg, dealing with institutional and other EU law matters.[3]
Other activities
edit- Network of Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the EU Member States, Vice-President
- European Academy of Law (ERA), President of the Board of Trustees
Publications
edit- Avioerot ja niihin vaikuttaneet tekijät 1930–1977 (gradu, 1979)
- Avoliitto vai avioliitto? (1984), together with Sami Mahkonen, ISBN 951-640-227-5
- Kauppalain pääkohdat (1987), together with Leif Sevón and Thomas Wilhelmsson, ISBN 951-640-348-4
- Uudet velkalait perinnässä (1993), together with Yrjö Lehtonen, ISBN 951-885-092-5
- Yksityishenkilön velkajärjestely (1993), together with Liisa Lehtimäki, ISBN 951-640-633-5
- Yrityssaneeraus (1994), ISBN 951-640-634-3
- Henkilökohtainen velkavastuu ja insolvenssimenettely (2004), ISBN 952-466-039-3
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Highest Independence Day medals go to Pauliine Koskelo and Christoffer Taxell". Helsingin Sanomat. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Koskelo elected judge to ECHR". www.helsinkitimes.fi. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Speakers and commentators Archived 2016-06-14 at the Wayback Machine XXVI International Federation for European Law (FIDE) Congress, 28–31 May 2014.
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