Alena Poláčková (born 6 November 1964 Bojnice, Slovakia) is a Slovak jurist and judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
Between 1994 and 2004 she was appointed judge at the district court of Bratislava where she would decide on civil, commercial and administrative matters.
[1] In 2004, she assumed a role as judge in administrative law in the Supreme Court of Slovakia.
[1] In September 2015, it was reported that she was elected as the replacement of Jan Šikuta at the European Court of Human Rights.
[2] Her appointment came after three other candidates for the position were rejected, one by the Slovak parliament and the others by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.