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In accordance with Article 40, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the terms of office of four judges elected at the first election, on 21st January 1959, were due to expire after three years, i.e. on 20th January 1962. The four judges affected by this arrangement, who had been chosen by lot by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe immediately after the election of 21st January 1959, were MM. R. Cassin, E. Arnalds, R. McGonigal and A. N. Ch. Ross. Their terms of office were renewed by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe on 26th September 1961 for a period of nine years, beginning on 21st January 1962.
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Selon l’article 40 § 2 de la Convention le mandat de quatre des juges élus à la première élection le 21 janvier 1959, devait prendre fin au bout de trois ans, c’est-à-dire le 20 janvier 1962. Les quatre juges affectés par cette dispostition qui avaient éte désignés par tirage au sort effectué par le Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe immédiatement après l’élection du 21 janvier 1959, étaient MM. R. Cassin, E. Arnalds, R. Gonigal et A. N. Ch. Ross. Leur mandat a été renouvelé par l’Assemblée Consultative du Conseil de l’Europe le 26 septembre 1961 pour une période de neuf ans à partir du 21 janvier 1962.
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Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe. (1962). The European Court of Human Rights. In: Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights / Annuaire de la Convention Europeenne des Droits de L’Homme. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-2717-0_3
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