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BaronessFrançoise Tulkens
Vice-President of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
1 February 2011 – 2012Serving 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 (age 82)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian citizenship
ProfessionLawyer

Françoise, Baroness Tulkens (born 12 September 1942) is a Belgian lawyer and expert in criminal and penal law, and former vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights. She served as a member of the Court since 1998, Section President since 2007, and vice-president from February 2011 until her term ended in 2012.

Early life

Tulkens was born in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. 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). 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 (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.

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. She has also been a visiting professor at the Universities of Geneva, Ottawa, Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and Rennes.

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. She retired from the European Court in September 2012 and was appointed a member of the Human Rights Advisory Panel of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo. In 2019, Tulkens was appointed to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.

In 2021, Tulkens was the president of the Turkey Tribunal held in Geneva, Switzerland along with 5 other reputable international jurists.

Other activities

Honours

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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. "The Human Rights Advisory Panel". UNMIK DPI. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. "IBA - IBAHRI Secretariat to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom". www.ibanet.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  5. "Prof. Em. Dr. Françoise Barones Tulkens - Turkey Tribunal". Turkey Tribunal. 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  6. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  7. "Chair of the Board of Governors | King Baudouin Foundation". Kbs-frb.be. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

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