Born on 9 October 1950 in Oslo, Norway

• Law degree, University of Oslo, 1976
• Counsellor since 1977, then Head of Division, Ministry of Justice, 1981-1986
• Participated in the drafting process of Protocols No. 6 to No. 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, 1977-1994
• Part-time lecturer in human rights, University of Oslo, 1981-2003
• Chairman, Committee of Experts for the drafting of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984-1985
• Deputy Judge, Eiker, Modum and Sigdal, 1985-1986
• Agent of the Government before the European Commission and the European Court of Human Rights, until 1993
• Advocate, Attorney General’s Office (Civil Affairs) since 1986, Supreme Court Barrister, 1989-1993
• Chairman, Steering Committee for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 1993-1994
• Judge, Borgarting Court of Appeals, Oslo, 1993-1999
• Fellow at the Human Rights Institute, University of Essex (UK), since 1995; honorary doctor, 2007
• Member of the Board of the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, 1995-1999
• Judge (1999-2009), Vice-President (1999-2003), President (2003-2007), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
• Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Selection Panel for the appointment of judges of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, since 2007
• Justice, Supreme Court of Norway, 2009-2011
• Vice-President of Section from 1 November 2016 to 12 August 2018
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 September 2011 to 12 August 2018