Julia Laffranque is a former judge (2011-2019) at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. A previous Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia (2004–2010) and Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice of Estonia (1996-2004). Awarded the Estonian White Cross, she is Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite of France. President of the Consultative Council of European Judges of Council of Europe (CCJE) (2008-2010), President of the International Federation for European Law (FIDE) from 2010-2012 and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague). Doctor Iuris (PhD) of Law at the University of Tartu and LL.M from University of Münster, Germany. Julia has published over 100 articles in Estonian, English, German and French in different European and US-American legal journals and speaks Estonian, German, English, French, Finnish and Russian. Her hobby is amateur acting and drama (a member of Vilde Teater in Estonia and Tagora Theatre in Strasbourg). Founder of theTheatre Club of European Court of Human Rights (2015). Julia is also a singer in the European Choir of Estonians .