Françoise Tulkens

Baroness

Françoise Tulkens

Vice-President of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
1 February 2011 – 2012

Serving with Sir Nicolas Bratza

President| Jean-Paul Costa
Preceded by| Christos 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 79)
Brussels, Belgium
Nationality| Belgian
Profession| Lawyer

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.

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Other activities
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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. In 2019, Tulkens was appointed to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.[4]

## Other activities[edit]

* European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[5]
* King Baudouin Foundation, Chair of the Board of Governors[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "Judges of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "IBA - IBAHRI Secretariat to the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom". www.ibanet.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
5. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
6. ^ "Chair of the Board of Governors | King Baudouin Foundation". Kbs-frb.be. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Website of the European Court of Human Rights

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