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 byNew appointment
Personal details
Born (1948-02-22) 22 February 1948 (age 76)
Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
ResidenceStrasbourg
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb, Graduate Institute of International Studies
ProfessionLawyer

Early life

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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]

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She was appointed assistant professor at the University of 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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Judges of the Court". European Court of Human Rights. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  2. ^ "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.
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