Born on 13 May 1947 in Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Dipl. Jur. Degree, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, 1970
• University of Montreal, School of Criminology, 1971-72
• Master of Law (LL.M.), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974
• Scientiae Juris Doctor (S.J.D.), Harvard Law School, 1981
• Assistant Professor of Law, University of Ljubljana (1970-76) and New York Law School (1977-79)
• Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Law School, 1980 and Fordham University, Law School, 1981
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1981 and full Professor of Law, Seton Hall University, Law School, 1986
• Full Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, since 1988
• First Vice-President (for academic affairs), University of Ljubljana, 1989-92
• Judge at the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, 1993-98
• Member and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Committee against Torture (Geneva), 1995-98
• President of Section from 1 November 2004 to 31 January 2008
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 1998 to 29 May 2016