Helga Pedersen

Overview

Inger Helga Pedersen born Tårnborg, Denmark June 24, 1911 (d. 1980). First woman judge of European Human Rights Court 1971; Chief Justice of Denmark; Delegate to UN 1958-9; UNESCO 1966, 1968, 1970.

Quotations

"[T]he use of the five techniques in August and October 1971 constituted a practice of inhuman and degrading treatment. . . [T]here existed at Palace Barracks in the autumn of 1971 a practice of inhuman treatment." (European Court judgment on torture, Ireland v. UK, Jan. 18, 1978; photo electionsmeter.com)