The Law Show

Full-length interview with Robert Spano, recent president of the ECHR


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The international lawyer Robert Spano, originally from Iceland, has just completed his nine-year stint as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. For the last two and half of those nine years, he was the president of the court.

In an exclusive interview with Joshua Rozenberg, he shares his thoughts on the relationship between the UK and the ECHR, on the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab’s planned Bill of Rights, and on the future of democracy in Europe.
Photo credit: Picture Credit: Image of Robert Spano, former President of the ECHR by Candice Imbert, Council of Europe.
Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Sound engineers: James Beard in London and Matthieu Zisswiller in Strasbourg
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Production coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Simon Watts

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