Ksenija Turković

Ksenija Turković
Vice-President of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
18 May 2020 – 1 January 2022
Section President (Section I) of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
1 May 2019 – 1 January 2022
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
in respect of Croatia
In office
2 January 2013 – 1 January 2022
Personal details
Born (1964-02-13) 13 February 1964 (age 60)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb, Yale University
ProfessionProfessor at the University of Zagreb

Ksenija Turković (born 13 February 1964)[1] is a Croatian jurist and current vice-president and was judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Biography

Turković graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb in 1987 and became a lecturer at the same university.[2] [1] She holds both a Master of Laws and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Yale Law School.[1]

Turković practiced law while working for American law firms between 1995 and 2000, and was a member of the New York State Bar Association between 1996 and 2008.[1] She became a full professor at the University of Zagreb in 2008.[2] She was the head of the team of experts which developed the new Criminal Code in Croatia between 2009 and 2011.[1] She was the vice-president of two expert committees of the Council of Europe focused on the protection of children's rights.[1]

On 2 October 2012, Turković was elected as a judge of the ECHR by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)[3] out of three candidates[4] succeeding Nina Vajić[5] In May 2020, she became vice-president of the ECHR for one year.[6] Her office as judge ended the 1 January 2022

Works

Turković is the author and contributor to several books focusing on law.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Composition of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Ksenija Turkovic". www.coe.int. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ "PACE elects Ksenija Turković judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Croatia". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights" (PDF). www.livochratt.se. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ "JUDGES OF THE COURT SINCE 1959 / LES JUGES DE LA COUR DEPUIS 1959" (PDF). www.echr.coe.int. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Croatian Jurist Elected European Court of Human Rights Vice-President". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  7. ^ "Turković, Ksenija". WorldCat.