Helen Keller (2) (1964–)

[from Schindler Centre for International Law website]
Prof. Dr. Helen Keller, LL.M., is a professor of law at the University of Zurich. She was judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 2011 until 2020. She has written about friendly settlements before the ECtHR. From 2008 to 2011, Helen Keller was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Fribourg in 2018 for her contribution to cross-fertilisation of doctrine and practice. In 2024, Helen Keller was honoured three times. In June, she received a nomination as part of the "75 Women in 75 Years of Council of Europe History" project, in October the University of Geneva awarded her the title of Dr honouris causa and in November she received the Robert Kennedy Prize. She was awarded the (Grand) Walther Hug Prize for her outstanding achievements in the areas of (comparative) constitutional law, European, and international law in 2025. Since December 2020, she has served as a judge at the Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina nd since 2025 she is a membre associé de l'Institut de Droit international.