[2] Since 2018, she has been the representative of Spain in the European Court of Human Rights,[3] succeeding Luis López Guerra.

[4] In 2018, she partly dissented with the rest of the ruling judges at the ECHR and stated in her opinion that an administrative or civil sanction against the public protest of the Pussy Riot would not be an undue interference with the applicants' freedom of expression.

[7] In her separate opinion, Elósegui concurred with the majority of judges that there had been several violations of the ECHR based on the Internet ban of the video, and that the criminal sanction applied to the Pussy Riot was excessive.

[5] During her career, she published numerous books concerning the rule of law, with the exception of one about Peine del Viento.

[2] Her sister, Dr. Lucía Elósegui, is the transplant coordinator to the University Hospital of San Sebastian.