Luzius Wildhaber#

Obituary, Basel University (in German)
Obituary, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German)
Obituary, BaZ (in German)

Curriculum vitae#

• Studies at Basel, Paris, Heidelberg, London and Yale Universities
• 1961 Dr. iur. Basel
• 1964 Bar exam Basel
• 1965 LL.M. Yale Law School
• 1968 J.S.D. Yale Law School

• 1971-1977 Professor of International Law, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law at Fribourg University
• 1977-1998 Professor of Public International Law, Constitutional Law, Comparative Law and Administrative Law at Basel University
• Dean of the Law Faculty, Rector, Basel University

• 1975-1988 Judge at the Liechtenstein Supreme Court
• 1989-1994 Judge at the Administrative Tribunal of the Inter-American Development Bank
• since 1991 Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
• since 1998 President of the European Court of Human Rights

• Chief coordinator and member of the Steering Committee of the Experts’ Commission for a complete revision of the Federal Constitution (1974-1978) - author of the Commission’s final report (1977). Member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Council for a complete revision of the Federal Constitution (1994-1996)
• Expert for the Canadian Federal Government before the Supreme Court of Canada on the question of the legality of unilateral secession by Quebec (1997)