Ksenija Turković
Ksenija Turković | |
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| 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 | 13 February 1964 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb, Yale University |
| Profession | Professor 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[edit]
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
She was cited in an NGO report about the judges of the European Court of Human Rights for her links with the Open Society Foundations as she seated in cases where the Open Society Foundations or one of its partners was either the applicant or a third party involved.[7]
Works[edit]
Turković is the author and contributor to several books focusing on law.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Composition of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Ksenija Turkovic". www.coe.int. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights" (PDF). www.livochratt.se. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "JUDGES OF THE COURT SINCE 1959 / LES JUGES DE LA COUR DEPUIS 1959" (PDF). www.echr.coe.int. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Croatian Jurist Elected European Court of Human Rights Vice-President". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "NGOS AND THE JUDGES OF THE ECHR, 2009 - 2019, ECLJ". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Turković, Ksenija". WorldCat.
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