Judge 'Erik Møse' of
Norway is the President of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Judge Møse was born in 1950. He graduated from the
University of Oslo and had post-graduate studies in
Geneva. He then taught at Oslo University. He then became a Fellow at the
University of Essex in the
United Kingdom and has published extensively in the field of
human rights.
Prior to joining ICTR, he was Head of Division in the Ministry of Justice in Norway until 1986; Deputy Judge, Supreme Court Advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to
1993; Judge at the Court of Appeals in
Oslo from 1993 to
1999.
Judge Møse became President of the ICTR in 2003, succeeding
Navanethem Pillay.
Judge Møse has two children Frederick and Christine who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.