Nina Vajić (born 22 February 1948) is a
Croatian lawyer and a former
Judge
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of the
European Court of Human Rights
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in respect of
Croatia
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Early life
Vajić was born on 22 February 1948 in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of
Croatia
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. She studied at the Faculty of Law of the
University of Zagreb
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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
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(HEI) of the
University of Geneva
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.
Legal career
She was appointed Assistant Professor at
Zagreb
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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
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.
In 2013 she was succeeded by
Ksenija Turković.
See also
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European Court of Human Rights
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List of judges of the European Court of Human Rights
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References
External links
Website of the European Court of Human RightsNacional interview
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1948 births
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni
Judges of the European Court of Human Rights
Members of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Croatian judges
Living people
Lawyers from Zagreb
University of Zagreb alumni
University of Geneva alumni
Croatian judges of international courts and tribunals
Croatian expatriates in Switzerland
Croatian expatriates in France