Ivana Jelić has been a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) since 2018. Prior to joining the Court, she was professor of public international law and human rights at the University of Montenegro. She studied law in Montenegro, Serbia and the US, specialising in international law. She has held visiting professor positions at universities throughout Europe and beyond. In 2015, she became a member of the Legal Sciences of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. Before becoming a Judge, she held a series of positions in international organizations, such as a member and Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Committee, and a Gender Equality Rapporteur and Second Vice Chair at the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
