Alena Poláčková

Alena Poláčková (born 6 November 1964 Bojnice, Slovakia) is a Slovak jurist and was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Education In 1982 she enrolled in Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava, from where she graduated with a MSc in 1988. Between 1991 and 1994, she assisted a judge at the regional Court of Bratislava. 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.