Françoise Tulkens

Françoise, Baroness Tulkens (born 12 September 1942) is a Belgian lawyer and expert in criminal and penal law, and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights. She has been a member of the Court since 1998, Section President since 2007 and Vice-President since February 2011.

Baroness

Françoise Tulkens
Vice-President of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
1 February 2011 – 2012
Serving with Sir Nicolas Bratza
PresidentJean-Paul Costa
Preceded byChristos Rozakis
Judge of the
European Court of Human Rights
in respect of Belgium
In office
1998–2012
Personal details
Born (1942-09-12) 12 September 1942
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionLawyer

Early life

Tulkens was born in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.[1] She studied Law, earning a doctorate in 1965 and practising at the Bar until 1968, when she was appointed Research Fellow with the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique).[2] She was awarded the agrégation (higher education teaching qualification) in 1976 and the same year took up a post as Professor of Law in the Université catholique de Louvain[2] (French-speaking Catholic University of Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve), where she remained until her appointment as a permanent judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.[1]

Career

Alongside her post at the Université catholique de Louvain, Tulkens served as Chairwoman of the Scientific Committee of the European Law-making Research Group (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) from 1993 to 1998 and editor-in-chief of the journal, Revue internationale de droit pénal, from 1994 to 1998. From 1996 to 1997, she was an Expert for the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.[1] She has also been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Geneva, Ottawa, Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and Rennes.[1][2]

On 1 November 1998, Tulkens became a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Belgium. She was elected a Section President in 2007 and on 1 February 2011 became one of two Vice-Presidents of the Court, along with the British judge, Sir Nicolas Bratza, and under French President Jean-Paul Costa.[1] She retired from the European Court in September 2012 and was appointed a member of the Human Rights Advisory Panel[3] of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo.

Other activities
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References
  1. "Judges of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. "Honorary Doctorate for Françoise Tulkens". University of Ottawa. 31 January 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. "The Human Rights Advisory Panel". UNMIK DPI. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  5. "Chair of the Board of Governors | King Baudouin Foundation". Kbs-frb.be. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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