Danutė Jočienė (

maiden name When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also u ...

''Sadauskaitė'', born November 10, 1970 in Tučiai,

Mažeikiai Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of M ...

, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solici ...

. Jočienė graduated from the Law Faculty of

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow an ...

and worked as a lecturer in the Department of the International and

European Union Law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

of the Faculty. She was agent of the Lithuanian government for the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a ...

from 2003 to November 2004. Jočienė's professional work has been in the field of

human rights law International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law are primarily made up of treaties, a ...

, and she was appointed as a judge and reporter from Lithuania to the second section of the European Court of Human Rights in 2004. She was member of this court up until 2013. In 2014, Jočienė was appointed to the

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania (in lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucinis Teismas) is the constitutional court of the Republic of Lithuania, established by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania of 1992. It began the ...

. In 2021, she was appointed to the Court's chairman position and thus, Jočienė became first chairwoman to lead the Constitutional Court.

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Danutė Jočienė, MK
(LT) Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Lithuanian judges International law scholars 1970 births Living people Lithuanian legal scholars Vilnius University alumni Academic staff of Vilnius University Lithuanian judges of international courts and tribunals {{lithuania-law-bio-stub

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