Ana Maria Guerra Martins

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Ana Maria Guerra Martins (born 22 July 1963, Lisbon) is a Portuguese jurist and a judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Education and early life

Guerra Martins studied law at the University of Lisbon, where she graduated in 1986 with a BSc.^[1] In 1993 she obtained a MSc in Law of the European Union from the same university.^[1] From 1997 to 1999 she worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.^[1] In the year 2000, she obtained her PhD in public law.^[2]

Academic career

After her return to Portugal in 1999, she became a lecturer in at the University of Lisbon.^[3] In the year 2000, she became the junior lecturer for international human rights and constitutional law at the University of Lisbon.^[2] From 2004 to 2005 she was visiting professor at the Paris-Sud and as well the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Moçambique.^[3] In 2006 she returned to the University of Lisbon and was appointed as the senior lecturer in international human rights and constitutional law, and in 2011 she became a full professor at the University of Lisbon, a post she held until 2020, when she assumed as a judge at the ECHR.^[3]

Juridical career

She became a judge at the constitutional court of Portugal in 2006, which she stayed until 2016.^[4] Between 2006 and 2007 she acted as the general inspector of justice in Portugal.^[1] In October 2019, Guerra Martins was elected as the successor to Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque as the representative of Portugal as a judge at the ECHR.^[4] She is the first woman to represent Portugal at the ECHR, and began her term in office on 1 April 2020.^[4]

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[:1-1] 1 2 3 4 Lisboa, Faculdade de Direito | Universidade de. "Ana Maria Guerra Martins | Faculdade de Direito | Universidade de Lisboa" . Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[:2-2] 1 2 "PACE - Doc. 14954 (2019) - Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of Portugal". assembly.coe.int. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 "Composition of the European Court of Human Rights". European Court of Human Rights . Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[:3-4] 1 2 3 Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2 October 2019). "Ana Maria Guerra Martins é a nova juíza portuguesa no Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos do Homem". Ana Maria Guerra Martins é a nova juíza portuguesa no Tribunal Europeu dos Direitos do Homem (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-03.

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