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Born 25 July 1974 (age 48), Tartu, Estonia Parents Maimu Berg, Vaino Vahing Spouse Rodolphe Laffranque Grandparents Helmut Seping, Elviine Seping Awards European of the year Nationality Estonian Zodiac Sign Leo Similar Vaino Vahing, Erik Møse, Ineta Ziemele | ||
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Julia Laffranque (born 25 July 1974, née Vahing), is an Estonian jurist, judge, legal scientist (doctor iuris). Since 3 November 2015 Vice-President of the Second Section of the European Court of Human Rights. She has been a judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 2011, earlier a justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia and professor of European law at the University of Tartu.
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Education
Career
1996 – 2004 – Ministry of Justice of Estonia: head of the EU law and foreign relations division, 2002 - 2004 Deputy Secretary General on Legislative Drafting;
2004 – 2010 – justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia (member of the administrative law chamber), 2007 – 2010 member of the constitutional review chamber of the Supreme Court;
2006 – 2011 – docent of European Union Law at the Law Faculty of Tartu University, later (2011-2016) professor of European law at the same faculty;
2011 – 2020 – judge at the European Court of Human Rights (2015 - 2018 Vice- President of II Section) and Professor of European Law at the University of Tartu (since 2017 honorary professor)
since 2020 – justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia
2021 - Deputy Director and Director of Programmes of Academy of European Law (ERA)
Books
Honours
Personal life
Amateur actress of the Vilde theatre in Tartu, Estonia since 2006 and of the Tagora theatre at Council of Europe in Strasbourg since 2011. Founder and initiator of the Theatre Club of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg 2015.
Some of her roles:
Elviine Vestberg in Oskar Luts "Vaikne nurgake" directed by Raivo Adlas,2007; Linda Vilde and Gertrud Edelstahl von Rostfrei in Veiko Märka "Tabamata ime" directed by Raivo Adlas, 2009; Mina in Maimu Berg "Euroopasse! Euroopasse!" directed by Raivo Adlas, 2010; Jelena Andrejevna in Anton Tshehhov "Onu Vanja" directed by Raivo Adlas, 2011; (J)Elena Popova in Brian Friel's (based on Anton Tshehhov) "The Bear", directed by Jodie Clifford, 2011; spy Liza in C. Chilto and J. Littlewood's, „Oh What a Lovely War“ directed by Louise Palmer, 2012; opera singer and adventuress Irene Adler in Richard Thayer's “Watson in Winter” directed by Richard Thayer and David Adamson, 2013; Aino Kallas in Maimu Berg's "Aino and Herman", directed by Julia Whitham and Louise Palmer in "Bell Epoque" (Tagora, Cube Noir Strasbourg), 2013; Sarah, Amanda, Queen Gertrud and wife of Sir. Thomas Moore in Christopher Durang's „Actors’Nightmare“, directed by David Adamson (Tagora, Au Camionneur, Strasbourg), 2015; Sarah in Ferenc Molnar's, „A Matter of Husbands“, directed by David Crow (Tagora, Au Camionneur, Strasbourg), 2015; Elizabeth Proctor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", directed by Louise Palmer (Tagora, rehearsed reading at the European Court of Human Rights), 2015; Honey in Edwrad Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" directed by Martyn Symons (Tagora, Cube Noir, Strasbourg), 2016.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet's monologue in Estonian with Tagora theatre and at the European Court of Human Rights, 2016; Lamchop, patient and black sheep, Jonathan Alexandratos "Duck" ("Part") directed by Mike Mecek, Peace Productions Americans in Alsace, 2016; E(dward) Steichen, in Brancusi vs. United States, historic trial reenacted, adapted by Andra Matei – , rehearsed reading, directed by Martyn Symons, 2016; Mrs. Vixen, Baltic scandalist, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, « The School for Scandal », directed by Louise Palmer, 2017; Digna Ochoa, Rana Husseini, Juliana Dogbadzi, Ka Hsaw Wa, Wangari Maathai, Kek Galabru, Marian Wright Edelman, Second Voice, Ariel Dorfman (based on the book by Kerry Kennedy), “Speak Truth to Power. Voices From Beyond the Dark” – directed by Andra Matei, 2017; Katharina Luther in Maimu Berg "Lutheri naine (Luther's wife)", directed by Julia Laffranque, 2017; Rutt in Maimu Berg "Grandfather" - directed by David Adamson, 2018; Meeta in Janno Villecourt, Maimu Berg "Meeta ja õigus (Meeta and Justice)", directed by Piret Kuub, 2018; Olimpia Kohary, a refuge/the White Duchess in David Adamson, Hazel Breslin, David Crowe,, Jenny Griffiths, Elena Malagoni, Nick O’Sullivan, Louise & Simon Palmer, Joëlle & Martyn Symons, Richard Thayer, Liam Wright « Alice in Brexitland » – directed by Louise Palmer, Tagora, Cube Noir, Strasbourg, 2019; Judge B in Bertolt Brecht « In Search of Justice » –, directed by David Adamson, Tagora Theatre Club of the European Court of Human Rights « Court in the Act », Strasbourg, 2019; Sicco Mansholt in Liliane Tetsi, Princesse Europe, Louise Weiss, la grand’ mère de l’Europe et les pères de l’Europe sont de retour (Princess Europe, Louise Weiss, the ´great mother of Europe and the fathers of Europe are back)”, directed by Liliane Tetsi, EUCASO-(Europe Cameroun Solidarité)/ “Court in the Act”, Strasbourg, 2019; director of the movie "Kuulsused saja aastases Eestis“ , Estonian School in Strasbourg, 2019/2020; Betti Alver poems at Tagaranna Kirjanduspäev, Saaremaa, 2021; Juliette Marchand in Piret Saul-Gorodilov, "Meie autor Eduard Vilde," directed by Raivo Adlas, Vilde Teater, 2021; Prof Greta Kask in "Much Ado About Will", directed by Louise Palmer, Tagora, Strasbourg/Zoom, 2021.
She is married to French jurist Rodolphe Laffranque, has three sons: (twins) Oscar Helmut and Tobias Louis (born 2008) and Léo Lennart (born 2018); and is the daughter of writer Maimu Berg and of writer/psychiatrist Vaino Vahing.