Ineta Ziemele

Ineta Ziemele
Judge at the Constitutional Court of Latvia
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 January 2015
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Latvia
In office 27 April 2005 – 1 January 2015
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-12) 12 February 1970
Residence	Riga

Ineta Ziemele (born 12 February 1970) is Latvian jurist and judge at the Constitutional Court of Latvia since 2015. From April 27, 2005 to 2015 she was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. In September 2012 she became President of the Court's Fourth Section. She graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Latvia in 1993 and continued her studies in Sweden, where she earned a Masters degree in International law. She went on to earn her doctoral degree from University of Cambridge. She has worked as an adviser for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima and for the Prime Minister of Latvia. She also has been a professor at the University of Latvia and the Riga Graduate School of Law.