Denise Bindschedler-Robert

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Denise Marcelle Bindschler-Robert (July 10, 1920 in Saint-Imier - November 17, 2008 in Bern) was a Swiss international lawyer who was professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. [1] From 1975 to 1991, she represented Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights. [2] In 1966, she was elected as the first woman in the synodal council of the Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland, to which she belonged until 1985.

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References

  1. Hans A. Frei. "Bindschedler [-Robert], Denise".
  2. "Bindschedler-Robert, Denise Marcelle".