Françoise Tulkens

Françoise Tulkens
Vice-President of the
European Court of Human Rights
In office
1 February 2011  2012
Serving with Sir Nicolas Bratza
PresidentJean-Paul Costa
Preceded byChristos 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
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian citizenship
ProfessionLawyer

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.