Diplomat judge university professor
He studied Law in the University of Athens and continued his studies at University College London (Master of Laws 1970), the University of Illinois (Master of Laws 1971, Doctor of Juridical Science 1973) and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
He was formerly the first vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights. In 1996, he also served briefly as a Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece. His dissenting opinions include those in Grand Chamber cases Sahin v.
Germany, Ždanoka v.
Latvia, Kingsley v. the United Kingdom, McElhinney v. Ireland, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Adsani v. the United Kingdom. He also joined dissents in Grand Chamber cases Bykov v.
Russia, Blecic v.
Croatia, Janowski v. Poland, K. and T. v. Finland, Draon v. France, Maurice v.
European Court of Human Rights]
Rozakis was member of the European Commission of Human Rights since 1987, and has been member of ECtHR since 1998.
