Marko Bošnjak (judge)

Marko Bošnjak (born 12 March 1974) is a Slovenian jurist, judge of the European Court of Human Rights, attorney and academic.

Bošnjak’s mandate as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights began on 30 May 2016.

He represented clients in several landmark domestic cases, such as that of Franc Kangler, the former mayor of Maribor, Zoran Janković, the mayor of Ljubljana, Igor Bavčar, the former Minister of Interior and Head of Istrabenz Holding.

Because of his mandate as a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Bošnjak’s attorney status has been put on hold since 2016.

[citation needed] In 2016, Bošnjak was elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in respect of Slovenia.

He submitted several resonant separate opinions in various landmark judgements of the Court, including Big Brother Watch and others vs.