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Judge Rapporteur or Judge-Rapporteur is a term for one of Judge in Panel or Chamber of Judges, who is nominated to write case report as rapporteur for other Judges, usually in European courts.
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In European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the term Judge Rapporteur is defined under Rule 1(k), 48 and 49 of 'Rules of Court[1]'.
In European Court of Justice (ECJ), the term Judge-Rapporteur is defined under article 15 of 'Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice.[2] According to article 15(1), a Judge-Rapporteur in ECJ is Judge to act as rapporteur in the case, designated by the President of ECJ. Since there is always only one Judge-Rapporteur in one case, judicial assistants named 'Assistant Rapporteur' under article 17(2)(b) of the Rule can be appointed to assist the Judge-Rapporteur.
The Judge-Rapporteur in ECJ writes preliminary report of the case about who should handle the case, and how the case should be handled in pre-trial written stage under article 59 of the Rules, including issues about whether legal aid is need under article 116. The proposal of Judge-Rapporteur is considered seriously inside the Court, as article 33 of the Rule requires Judge-Rapporteur cannot be abstained from the deliberation of the case. Following, each of judgments and orders of ECJ should contain information about who was Judge-Rapporteur of the case according to article 87(d) and 89(e) of the Rules.
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