Erik Møse (born 9 October 1950) is a Norwegian judge. Møse has been a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Supreme Court of Norway, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). At the ICTR, he served as Vice President[1] and later President.[2] Having retired from his judicial career, he is currently serving as Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.[3]
Møse graduated from the University of Oslo and had post-graduate studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Beginning in 1981, he taught at the University of Oslo. He then became a Fellow at the University of Essex in England[1] and subsequently an Honorary Doctor.[citation needed]
Møse has published extensively in the field of human rights. He led the committee that published the Norwegian Official Report 1993:18 on human rights.[4]
Møse was head of department in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police until 1986; deputy judge, Supreme Court advocate at the Solicitor General's Office from 1986 to 1993; and presiding judge at Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo from 1993 to 1999.[1]
Møse became Vice President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1999,[1] then President in 2003,[2] succeeding Navanethem Pillay.[5]
Møse was President of the ICTR from 2003[2] to 2007. As of 2009[update], he was the Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the ICTR.[6]
In 2008 he was named as a Supreme Court Justice of Norway. In 2011 he was elected judge at the European Court of Human Rights. He resumed his Supreme Court chair in 2018.[4][7]
Møse is married and has two children, who both attended International School Moshi Arusha Campus and International School Moshi.[citation needed]