Herdis Thorgeirsdottir

Herdis Kjerulf Thorgeirsdottir (Herdís Kjerulf Þorgeirsdóttir; born February 18, 1954, in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic lawyer and political scientist who has specialised in human rights.

She was appointed a professor of law at Bifröst University in 2004; teaching courses in constitutional law and comparative constitutional law as well as courses in business and human rights. She has served on the board of trustees of the Academy of European Law and represented Iceland at the Venice Commission. She was elected Vice President of the Venice Commission in 2013 and re-elected in 2015. In 2009, she was elected President of the European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA). She was re-elected for a second term in 2011.

She was one of six candidates in the 2012 Icelandic presidential election.