Nina Vajić
Nina Vajić (born 22 February 1948) is a Croatian lawyer and a former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Croatia.
Nina Vajić | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Croatia | |
| In office 1 November 1998 – 2013 | |
| Preceded by | New appointment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1948 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Residence | Strasbourg |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb, Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Early life
Vajić was born on 22 February 1948 in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia. She studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb from 1966 to 1971, and then worked there as an Instructor until 1978, when she was promoted to Assistant and began a Master's in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) of the University of Geneva.[1]
Legal career
She was appointed assistant professor at Zagreb in 1985 and associate professor in 1991, at which time she also became Director of the university's Institute of Public and Private International Law. In 1996 became Professor of Public International Law, but only held this post until 1998, when she was elected the first judge in respect of Croatia at the newly established permanent European Court of Human Rights.[1] In 2013 she was succeeded by Ksenija Turković.[2]
References
- "Judges of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- "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.