Authority and Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights: Interview with Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights

This article presents a transcription of the Q & A session which followed the online lecture by Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court), delivered on 29 May 2020. The event was organised by iCourts, Centre of Excellence of International Courts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Verfassungsblog, and broadcast to a global audience. The questions posed to Judge Spano were collected from the online audience who could send in their questions via Twitter to #AskSpano before and during the online event. The questions which were then posed anonymously to Judge Spano by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen, Director of iCourts. The Interview covers a host issues related to the current situation of the ECtHR, including subsidiarity, processual review, election of judges, COVID-19 challenges to human rights and the reform process of the Court.