Born on 16 January 1970, in Reykjavík, Iceland

• Cand. Jur., University of Iceland, 1994
• Practising lawyer (1994-1995) and attorney at law in Iceland (1995-1996, 2002-2006)
• Adjunct Lecturer at Bifröst University, 1999-2000
• Lecturer at the Icelandic Bar Admissions Program, 2000-2018
• Director of the University of Iceland Human Rights Institute, 2001
• Ph.D. in Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh, 2002
• Member of the Icelandic Bar Association Law Commission, 2003-2005
• Member of the Icelandic National Bioethics Committee, 2003-2006
• Lecturer (2005-2006) and Professor of Human Rights Law at Reykjavík University (2006-2012)
• Member (2007), Vice-Chairperson (2008-2010) and Chairperson of the Executive Board of the Icelandic Human Rights Centre (2010-2012)
• Professor (2012-2018) and Research Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Iceland (2018-2023)
• Member of the Group of Experts appointed to prepare a Constitutional Bill based on the work of the Icelandic Constitutional Council, 2012
• Chairperson of the Board of the University of Iceland Human Rights Institute, 2013-2017
• Visiting Professor, iCourts Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Copenhagen University, fall 2014
• Ad hoc Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, 2014-2023
• Vice-Chairperson of the Icelandic Immigration and Asylum Appeals Board, 2015
• Visiting Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, fall 2017
• Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Registered Religious or Belief Associations in Iceland, 2015-2018
• Judge at the Icelandic Court of Appeals, 2017-2023
• Ad hoc Judge at the Icelandic Supreme Court, 2018
• Judge at the Icelandic Court on Reopening of Judicial Proceedings, 2021-2023
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 15 March 2023.