Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights
List and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of the Slovak Republic
Communication
| Doc. 16119
| 20 February 2025
- Author(s):
- Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
1 List
and curricula vitae of candidates submitted by the Government of
the Slovak RepublicNote
Letter from Ms Oksana Tomová, Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the Council of
Europe, to Ms Despina Chatzivassiliou, Secretary General of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, dated 24 January
2025.
[…] I have the honour to forward the names in the alphabetical
order and curricula vitae of the candidates included by the Government
of Slovakia in its list of candidates for the election as judge
to the European Court of Human Rights, together with the information
on the national procedure by which the candidates were selected:
- Ms Daniela JEŽOVÁ
- Mr Ondrej LACIAK
- Mr Radoslav PROCHÁZKA
[…]
2 Information
on national selection procedure for the position of a judge of the
European Court of Human Rights
In accordance with Article 141a (6) letter f) of the Constitution
of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”),
the competence of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic includes
submitting proposals of candidates for judges who should serve for
the Slovak Republic in international judicial bodies to the Government
of the Slovak Republic.
The process of selecting candidates to serve for the Slovak
Republic in international judicial bodies (the national selection
procedure), including the European Court of Human Rights, is regulated
by Section 27g of Act No. 185/2002 Coll. on the Judicial Council
of the Slovak Republic and on Amendments and Additions to Certain
Acts (hereinafter referred to as “the Judicial Council Act”).
Pursuant to this provision, on 1 July 2024, the President
of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic announced an election
for three candidates for the position of Judge of the European Court
of Human Rights for the Slovak Republic and set the date of the
election for 18 September 2024. In the announcement, the President
of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic invited the eligible
petitioners pursuant to Section 27g (1) letter a) of the Judicial
Council Act to send their proposal of candidates in the election.
The declaration also included the requirements for a candidate under
section 27g (2) letters a) – e) of the Judicial Council Act.
In addition to the requirements for the candidate under the
legal order of the Slovak Republic, the President of the Judicial
Council of the Slovak Republic has also stated the necessity to
follow the requirements under Article 21 (1) – (4) of the Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter
referred to as “the European Convention”) and Protocol No. 15 to
the European Convention that the proposed candidate must meet. In
the Announcement of the Election and in accordance with Article
22 of the European Convention, the President of the Judicial Council
of the Slovak Republic stated that the Advisory Panel for the Selection
of Candidates for Election as Judges of the European Court of Human
Rights, established by Resolution
CM/Res (2010) 26, decides on the suitability of the candidates put
forward by the Government of the High Contracting Party. The Judge
of the European Court of Human Rights is subsequently elected by
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the recommendation
of the Advisory Panel.
Within the deadline set in the Announcement of the Election,
the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic received three proposals
of candidates for judge of the European Court of Human Rights, which
fulfilled the requirements prescribed by law. The proposal of the
candidate Ms Daniela Ježová was submitted by the President of the
Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic. Mr Ondrej Laciak's proposal
was submitted by the Slovak Bar Association and the Notary Chamber
of the Slovak Republic, professional legal organisations, and the
Slovak Judges Association, the largest professional organisation
of judges. Mr Radoslav Procházka's proposal was submitted by the
Slovak Bar Association and the Slovak Judges' Association.
All three candidates were publicly heard by the Judicial Council
during its meeting on 18 September 2024. After the hearings, the
Judicial Council proceeded to vote on these candidates and by Resolutions
304/2024, 305/2024 and 306/2024 of 18 September 2024, elected Ms
Daniela Ježová, Mr Ondrej Laciak and Mr Radoslav Procházka as candidates
for judges of the European Court of Human Rights. In accordance
with Article 141a (6) of the Constitution, the elected candidates
were submitted to the Government of the Slovak Republic without
undue delay.
Appendix 1 - Curriculum
vitae of Daniela JEŽOVÁ
I. Personal details
Name, Forename: JEŽOVÁ, Daniela
Sex: female
Date and place of birth: 18 June 1981 in Bratislava, Slovak
Republic
Nationality: Slovak
II. Education and academic
and other qualifications
- 2008-2013: Phd., Faculty
of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava, Department of International
Law and European Union Law
- 2010-2012: LL.M., Master of law in European and International
Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Vienna
- 2007: JUDr., Doctor of Law, Faculty of Law, Trnava University
- 1999-2004: Mgr., magister of law, Faculty of Law, Comenius
University, Bratislava
III. Relevant professional
activities
- Since
January 2008: Attorney at law
- 31 December 2020-31 December 2022: External expert, Comenius
University Law faculty, Bratislava, European Law department
- September 2013-31 December 2020: Assistant professor,
Comenius University Law faculty, Bratislava, Department of International
Law and European Law, later Department of European Law
- March 2006-December 2007: Senior Associate, JUDr. Marian
Mikáči, attorney at law
- October 2004-February 2006: Junior Associate, Mgr. Jozef
Obert, attorney at law
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
- Publications
- Legal practice work as attorney at law mostly with family
law cases with international element
- Lecturing and scientific work at Comenius University,
Law Faculty
- Project FRA and ECHR
V. Public activities
Not applicable
VI. Other activities
- 2023-2024: Study support
the monitoring of the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/882 –
European Accessibility Act (EAA) – national expert
- 2022: Individual Experts for the implementation of the
EDPB's Support Pool of Experts – Technical expertise in new technologies
and information security; Legal expertise in new technologies
- 2021: Legal expert EU – FRA European Union Agency for
fundamental Rights with ECHR – Update for the Handbook on European
law relating to the rights of the child
- 2021: Legal expert to assist European Parliament's Artificial
Intelligence Observatory (EPAIO)
- 2021: Legal expert, European Audiovisual Observatory –
Council of Europe – mapping report on online piracy of sport content
- 2020: Lecturing seminars at CH Becks – Digital Single
Market EU – educational company organising seminars for lawyers,
judges, attorneys at law
- 2020: Legal expert, EU Commission white paper on AI: achieving
excellent and trustworthy AI; Bringing AI in line with fundamental
European values
- 2019-2022: Jean Monet Module – Digital Single Market as
a new dimension of EU law
- 2019: Member of editorial board of legal magazine Projustice
- 2019: Registered reviewer of the international scientific
conference pravny rozpravy, Masaryk International Scientific Conference
- 2018: Action Slovakia – Austria, post-doctorate research
grant at the University of Vienna – data protection reform in the
European Union with the focus on Slovakia and Austria
- 2017: Chicago, Illinois, United States – John Marshall
Law School education stay
- 2013: Lecturing seminars for the John Marshall Law School,
Chicago, Illinois, United States
- 2012: Chicago, Illinois, United States – John Marshall
Law School education stay
- 2011: PhD. research grant, Action Slovakia – Austria,
at the University of Vienna – doctoral research project
- 2008-2022: Lecturing seminars at law faculty, Comenius
University – European Union Law, International Relations, Human
rights, Digital Single Market
- Providing legal statements for national TV to local legal
issues
- Evaluator registered in ResInfra@DR Registry of Research
Infrastructure Reviewers in the Danube region countries
- Registered as legal expert at European parliament – EPRS/EVAL/SER/15/001/CEI
and EPRS/COLL/SER/16/004/CEI
- Registered as legal expert at European Commission
International conferences
- 2024: Thessaloniki, Greece –
IAFL (International Academy of Family Lawyers)
- 2024: Palma de Mallorca, Spain – UIA (International Association
of Lawyers)
- 2023: Bucharest, Romania – IAFL leading panel discussion
- 2023: Venice, Italy – IAFL
- 2023: Barcelona, Spain – Cambridge Forum active contribution
in panel
- 2023: Vienna, Austria – AEA (International Lawyers Network)
presentation at the conference
- 2022: Athens, Greece – IAFL – active contribution in panel
- 2022: Ibiza, Spain – IAFL – active contribution in panel
- 2019: Palma de Mallorca, Spain – IAFL – active contribution
in panel
Memberships
- Slovak Bar Association
- AEA – vice-president of International Lawyer Network
- IAFL – International Academy of Family Lawyers – member
of Management Committee of European Chapter
- UIA – International Association of Lawyers – member
VII. Publications
and Other Works
- European Union e-governance:
E-governance Tolls for the Correct Implementation of Digital Single Market
In: Ed. Ramino Troitino: E-Governance in the European Union, Strategies,
Tools, and Implementation, 2024, Springer
- Ježová, D.: Preliminary ruling procedure before the court
of justice of the European Union, Eurokodex, Žilina, 2013
- Ježová, D.: International relations, Law faculty Comenius
University, 2015
- Ježová, D.: Right to Data Portability as a New Right in
EU, In: Právní rozpravy 2018, Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, 2018
- Ježová, D.: Data protection in virtual world, In: Právní
rozpravy 2017, Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, 2017. p. 62-70
- Ježová, D.: Fundamental Rights in the European Union –
perspective of the digital era In: Human rights in EÚ external relations:
Between law and politics, Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo UK, Univerzita Komenského,
2017, p. 79-86
- Ježová, D.: Human rights on the Internet and its protection,
In: Bratislavské právnické forum 2018: ústava na internete a internet
v ústave, 2018: p. 67-72
A lot of others – see link:
http://alis.uniba.sk:9909/search/query?match_1=PHRASE&field_1=authid&term_1=848434&locale=sk&theme=EPC
VIII. Languages
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IX. In the event that
you do not meet the level of language proficiency required for the
post of judge in an official language, please confirm your intention
to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned prior
to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of duty if
elected a judge on the Court
Not applicable
X. Other relevant
information
Not applicable
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I confirm.
Appendix 2 - Curriculum
vitae of Ondrej LACIAK
I. Personal details
Name, forename: LACIAK, Ondrej
Sex: male
Date and place of birth: 2 August 1980 in Bratislava, Slovak
Republic
Nationality: Slovak
II. Education and
academic and other qualifications
- 2019: Habilitation lecture
at the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava on
the topic "Manifestations of the failure of the rule of law in criminal
proceedings" and the award of the title of associate professor (docent) by the Scientific Council
of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University
- 2007-2010: Postgraduate studies (PhD.) at the Comenius
University Faculty of Law in Bratislava, Department of Criminal
Law, Criminology and Criminalistics, (Dissertation Thesis: “Motive,
Causes and Conditions of Crime”)
- 2005: Doctorate exam (JUDr.) at the Trnava University
Faculty of Law in Trnava, Slovak Republic
- 1999-2004: Comenius University Faculty of Law in Bratislava,
Slovak Republic (Mgr. – Master)
- 1995-1999: Secondary school (Gymnasium of Ján Papánek,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
III. Relevant professional
activities
a. Description of
judicial activities
- Since
2023: Member of the panel of examiners of judicial exams at the
Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic
- Since 2017: Chair of the panel
of examiners of bar exams at the Slovak Bar Association
- Since 2016: Listed ad hoc
judge of the European Court of Human rights
- Since 2012: Member of the
Judicial Selection Commission of judges for district courts, appellate courts
and the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic
- Since 2008: Attorney focusing
on Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, European Law
and Human Rights; Managing partner at Laciak & Co. – Law Firm
in Bratislava
- 2004-2007: Junior Lawyer in the Dr. Totkovič Law Firm
in Bratislava
b. Description of
non-judicial legal activities
1. Activities in the
field of European law:
- Since
2019: Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the Council of Bars
and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE – ccbe.eu)
- Since 2015: Member of the
Slovak delegation to the CCBE
- Since 2011: Advisory Board
member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA – ecba.org)
2. Academic experience:
- Since
2024: Head project researcher of the scientific project VEGA project
No. 1/0722/24 – Principles of the rule of law in criminal law (Comenius
University of Bratislava)
- Since 2020: Member of the
Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law of the University of West Bohemia,
Czech Republic
- 2019: Lecturer in The Academy of European Law (ERA) Trier,
Germany
- May 2016: Lecturing at the University of Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria, Faculty of Law, Spain
- May 2015: Lecturing at the Valencia University, Faculty
of Law, Spain
- June 2014: Visiting Fellow at the University of Bari,
Faculty of Law, Italy
- September 2013: Visiting Fellow at the University of Ottawa,
Faculty of Law, Canada
- November 2012: Visiting Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow
State University, Faculty of Law, Russia
- July 2012: Visiting Fellow at the Montclair State University,
New Jersey, United States
- May 2012: Lecturing at the Lisbon University, Faculty
of Law, Portugal
- August-September 2011: Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at
the Shizuoka University, School of Law, Japan
- Since 2011: Member of the
Scientific Council of the Comenius University, Faculty of Law in Bratislava,
Slovakia
- 2011-2015: Vice-Dean for external relations and postgraduate
studies, Comenius University, Faculty of Law in Bratislava, Slovakia
- November 2010: Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at the Tel
Aviv University, Faculty of Law, Israel
- May-June 2010: Visiting Fellow at the New York University
School of Law in New York, United States
- August-September 2009: Visiting Fellow at the Fordham
University School of Law in New York, United States
- April 2009: ELSA Legality week in Naples, Italy, organised
by the ELSA Italia and by the University of Naples Federico II on
the topic of “Camorra”
- Since 2008: Academic at the
Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Comenius University Faculty
of Law in Bratislava, Slovak Republic; since 2020 as an Associate
professor
3. International consulting:
- 2019: Expert consultant
for the Delegation of the Council of Europe for third evaluation
round of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
(GRETA) in the Slovak Republic
- Since 2019: In the capacity
of the Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the Council of Bars
and Law Societies of Europe reviewing, consulting and commenting
of the drafts of the legislative acts of the EU law in relation
to the EU Commission and EU Parliament
- Since 2019: In the capacity
of the Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the CCBE participation in
the permanent dialog with the European Union Agency for Fundamental
Rights (FRA) in the field of the EU law related the procedural safeguards
- Since 2018: In the capacity
of the Vice President of the Slovak Bar Association a representative of
the Slovak Bar Association in the consulting with the EU Commission
on the rule of law report of the Slovak Republic
4. Other legal activities:
- Since
2017: Lecturer of the attorneys (advocates) and trainees at the
Slovak Bar Association (Criminal Procedure; International judicial
co-operation; ECHR case law; Procedural Safeguards, etc.)
- Since 2014: Lecturer of the
judges and prosecutors at the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic
(e.g. European Criminal Law; Victims’ rights)
c. Description of
non-legal professional activities
Not applicable
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
- 2019-2020: Lecturer
and guarantor of educational program of the Council of Europe for
judges, prosecutors and lawyers “HELP” (Human rights Education for
Legal Profession) in Spain and in the Slovak Republic (guarantor
of the Cross-border HELP course launch on Procedural Safeguards
in Criminal Proceedings and Victims’ Rights for Czech and Slovak
lawyers)
- Since 2019: Representative
(Expert) of the Slovak Bar Association in the “HELP” (Human rights Education
for Legal Profession) in the Council of Europe meetings
- Since 2017: Member of the
Human Rights Committee of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
- Since 2012: Member of the
Legal Expert Advisory Panel (LEAP) in the Fair Trials International (fairtrials.org)
- Since 2004: Legal consulting
and preparation of legal analyses and legal memorandums in the capacity
of attorney (lawyer) in the field of human rights and fundamental
freedoms
V. Public activities
a. Public office
Not applicable
b. Elected posts
- Since
2017: Vice-president of the Slovak Bar Association for international
relations (sak.sk)
- Since 2016: Listed ad hoc
judge of the European Court of Human rights (elected by the Judicial Council
of the Slovak Republic in 2016 and re-elected in 2022)
c. Posts held in a
political party or movement
Not applicable
VI. Other activities
Not applicable
VII. Publications
and other works
Total number of legal works (monographies, studies, articles):
102 academic publications, 507 citations by another authors (107
international).
Selected works:
- Human at the center of the rule of law versus
the arbitrariness of the decision of public authorities.
In: Bratislava legal forum 2023: current challenges of criminal
law. Bratislava: Faculty of Law, Comenius University, 2023, p. 170-179.
ISBN 978-80-7160-696-3
- Protection of the lawyer's priviledge during the inspection
of the lawyer's offices. In: Judicial review. – Year 75, No. 11
(2023), p. 1333-1343. ISSN 1335-6461.
- Guarantees of the rule of law
in the 21st century. In: The Constitution of the Slovak
Republic as a normative basis of a democratic and legal state (30
years of the Constitution Slovak Republic). University of Pavel
Jozef Šafárik in Košice, 2022, p. 54-60. ISSN 2454-003X, ISBN 978-80-574-0141-4. [Constitutional
days. 11, Košice, 28/09/2022 – 29/09/2022]
- The (un)necessity of enforcement
of fundamental rights and freedoms in rule of law state.
In: Bratislava Legal Forum 2022: Rule of law and the academy in
the whirlwind of 100 years. – Bratislava: Faculty of Law Comenius
University, 2022, p. 39-43. ISBN 978-80-7160-669-7
- Respect for basic procedural
rights as a necessity in state rule of law. In: Effectiveness
of pre-trial proceedings: current state and challenges for the future.
– Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer, 2022. p. 137-147. ISBN 978-80-571-0546-6
- Passive suffrage through the
prism of the principle of presumption of innocence. In:
Constitutional days 12. September 2023. Košice, 2024, p. 194-204.
ISBN 978-80-89918-07-2.
- The right of the accused to
observe the presumption of innocence. In: Principles
of criminal law in theory and practice. – Prague: Wolters Kluwer,
2022, p. 104-114. ISBN 978-80-7676.
- Ethical aspects of communication
of representatives of legal professions. In: Bratislava
Legal Forum 2021: Relations between legal professions. Bratislava:
Faculty of Law, Comenius University, 2021, p. 15-18. ISBN 978-80-7160-614-7
- An independent lawyer as a
necessity for the functioning of the rule of law. In:
Bratislava legal forum 2019. Independence and ethical dimension
of judicial performance power. Bratislava: Faculty of Law, Comenius
University, 2019, p. 6-10. ISBN 978-80-7160-519-5.
- The right to a fair trial in
criminal proceedings. In: Legal papers. Faculty of Law
of the University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic, No. 1 (2020),
p. 3-9, Plzeň. ISSN 2533-736X.
- Right not to be tried for the
same offence (double jeopardy). In: Protection of fundamental
rights and freedoms in criminal proceedings. – Praha: Publisher
Leges, 2020, p. 119-126. ISBN 978-80-7502-444-2
- Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare
from a European perspective. In: Bulletin of Slovak Advocacy.
(2020), p. 42-46. – ISSN 1335-1079
- The right to defense and its
forms in criminal proceedings. Monographie, 1st ed. Bratislava:
Wolters Kluwer SR, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7160-492-1.
- Independent advocacy as a precondition
of independent justice. In: QUAERE 2019 Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas
akademické sdružení, 2019, p. 1095-1098. ISBN978-80-87952-30-6
- The principle of ne bis in
idem in the light of the jurisprudence of the European Court of
human rights. In: Legal milestones in the Central European
area 2017 – Bratislava: University Comenius, Faculty of Law, 2017.
p. 725-730. ISBN 978-80-7160-445-7
- Exceptionally reduces the penalty for unjustified delays
in criminal proceedings in accordance with the case-law of the European
Court of Human Rights. In: Bulletin of Slovak Advocacy, 2015, No.
3, p. 7-9. ISSN 1335-1079.
- Trafficking in human beings in the context of legal regulation
of the Council of Europe in correlation with criminal law in the
Slovak Republic. In: The role of national criminal law in the area
of the European Union and alternative solutions to criminal cases,
Bratislava, Comenius University, Faculty of Law, 2011. p. 59-62.
ISBN 978-80-7160-312-2
- The great success of jurisprudence is its transformation
into valid law. In: Our university, No. 2 (2012), p. 14-15. ISSN
1338-4163
- Lawyers upholding justice in
times of war. In: Council of bars and law societies of
Europe. In: European Lawyers Day (2022)
- Protection of victims from
criminal law point of view. In: Privatization of criminal
law – how to proceed?: 5th Košice days of criminal law. Košice:
ŠafárikPress UPJŠ, 2021, p. 114-123. – ISBN 978-80-574-0046-2
- Experience with EU criminal
law from a CCBE perspective. In: Criminal law in the
European Union: balance and perspective of EU criminal law and its
application in member states. Prague: Auditorium, 2023, p. 51-58.
ISBN 978-80-87284-96-4
VIII. Languages
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IX. In the event
that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required
for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your
intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned
prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of
duty if elected a judge on the Court
I confirm my intention to follow intensive language classes
of the French language to improve my writing and speaking skills
in French.
X. Other relevant
information
Not applicable
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I hereby confirm that I will take up permanent residence in
Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.
Appendix 3 - Curriculum
vitae of Radoslav PROCHÁZKA
I. Personal details
Name, forename: PROCHÁZKA, Radoslav
Sex: male
Date and place of birth: 31 March 1972 in Bratislava, Slovak
Republic
Nationality: Slovak
II. Education and
academic and other qualifications
- Trnava University School
of Law, Trnava, Slovakia: JUDr. 2003; PhD. 2004; habilitation 2005; extraordinary
professor 2010
- Yale Law School, U.S.A.: LL.M. 1998; J.S.D. 2001
- Comenius University School of Law, Bratislava, Slovakia:
Mgr. 1995
III. Relevant professional
activities
a. Description of
judicial activities
Not applicable
b. Description of
non-judicial legal activities
1. Activities in
the field of European law
- 2008-2010: Head of the
Institute for International Law and European Law, Paneuropean College, Bratislava
- 2005-2007: National Convention on the European Union,
co-chairperson of the Justice and Home Affairs working group
- 2004-2006: Head Counsel of the Slovak Republic in Proceedings
before the Courts of the European Union
- 2004-2006: Judicial Academy, lecturer for judges and prosecutors
in the area of EU law and constitutional law
- 2002-2004: Legal advisor/acting head of the Political,
Economic and Information Section, Delegation of the European Commission
to Slovakia
- 2002-2003: Head of seminar on European Community Law,
“Výberový vzdelávací spolok” (private educational facility)
2. Academic experience
- 2018-2021: Matej Bel
University School of Law, Member of Department of Legal Theory
- 2018-2019: Paneuropean College School of Law, Head of
Department of Legal Theory, History, and Social Sciences
- 2001-2017: Trnava University School of Law, Head of Department
of Legal Theory and Constitutional Law, Vice-dean, Assistant Professor
- 2003: Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg, Visiting
lecturer
- 1996-1998: Comenius University School of Law, Member of
Department of Legal Theory
Scientific research projects carried
out as project leader:
- 2012-2015:
“Legal arguments and legal principles as sources of law”
- 2011-2013: “Courts and the making of law – hypertrophied
legislation, and case law as a source of law”
- 2000-2002: “Law in a democracy and the abuse of law”
Academic prizes:
- 2012: Literary Fund: Prize for
scholarly relevance for a three-year period
- 2011: Literary Fund: Prize in the category of social sciences
for the monography Dobrá vôľa, spravodlivý rozum.
Hodnoty a princípy v súdnej praxi. (Good will, fair reason.
On values and principles in judicial practice)
- 2009: Literary Fund: Prize for exceptional scholarly relevance
for the monography “Mission Accomplished.
On Founding Constitutional Adjudication in Central Europe”
3. International
consulting
- 2022-2023: Georgia:
statutory regulation and rules of procedure for the Constitutional
Court
- 2018-2019: Northern Macedonia: EU accession agreement,
chapter on the judiciary
4. Other legal activities
- Slovak Chamber of Attorneys:
a Since
2020 & 2008-2014: member of examination panels
b Since 2007: chairperson/member
of the working group for public law
c 2008-2010: representing the Chamber at CCBE
d 2007-2013: Member of Presidium
- Since
2015: International Academy of Comparative Law, associated member
- Since 2023 & 2004-2006:
Member of an examination senate for prospective judges and member of
selection committees for chairpersons of general courts
- Since 2023: World Justice
Project, certified respondent for the EU Subnational, Governance
and Rule of Law Index
- Since 2001: New York Bar,
member
- 2004-2006: Legislative Council of the Government, member
- 1998-1999: Hogan & Hartson, LL.P., Prague, Czech Republic,
associate
c. Description of
non-legal professional activities
- 2004-2009: Slovak Foreign
Policy Affairs, member of the editorial board
- 1990-1992: Free-lance translator and interpreter
IV. Activities and
experience in the field of human rights
- Since
2021 & 2001-2004: Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic,
advisor
- Since 2021: Association for
the Protection of the Rights of Patients, cooperating lawyer
- Since 2007: Attorney at law,
with special emphasis on human rights and public interest law, including
litigation at the ECHR and the Constitutional Court
- 2023: Course “Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter
of Fundamental Rights” within the Council of Europe Human Rights
Education for Legal Professionals programme
- 2001-2002: Venice Commission for Democracy Through Law,
representing Slovakia in the Sub-commission for constitutional judiciary
- 1998: Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, member
- 1995-2001: Minority Rights Group Slovakia, co-worker,
Member of Board
- 1995-1997: European Cultural Foundation, legal advisor
on minority rights
- 1994-1995: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Slovakia
Liaison Office, project manager for legal aid for asylum applicants
- 1993-1994: International Helsinki Federation, assistant
field director for the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia
- 1992-1993: Legal Defense Fund, Bratislava, legal assistant
on ethnic hatred and police violence projects
V. Public activities
a. Public office
Not applicable
b. Elected posts
National Council of the Slovak Republic (the Parliament):
- 2010-2016: member
- 2010-2014: President/Vice-President of the Constitutional
Committee
- 2012-2014: member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe
c. Posts held in
a political party or movement
- 2014-2016: Chairperson
of the political party Sieť (Network)
VI. Other activities
Charity (5 years):
- Since
2019: Member of Board of Plamienok, a non-governmental organization
for palliative care for children
Public advocacy (3,5 years):
- Since
2021: Writing a weekly column for a national newspaper mapping and
explaining the case law of the ECHR, the CJEU and various constitutional
courts, and promoting their role in protecting the rule of law
VII. Publications
and other works
Total number of legal works (monographies, studies, articles):
104
Selected works:
- Sloboda politického prejavu v judikatúre ESĽP. (The
Freedom of Political Speech in the Case Law of the ECtHR) In: Orosz,
L.-Horňákova, D.-Majerčák, T. (eds.): Súdna
a iná právna ochrana politických práv – XII. Ústavné dni.
(The judicial and other legal protection of political rights – XII.
Constitutional Days) Košice: Kancelária Ústavného súdu SR, 2024
- Kráľ otec alebo načo nám je
prezident (The King Father or what do we need the President
for) Bratislava: NPress, 2020
- Rozhádzaná republika. 30 rokov
slovenského ústavného neporiadku (A Republic in Disorder.
30 years of the Slovak constitutional disorder) Bratislava: NPress,
2018
- Teória práva (The
Theory of Law). Bratislava: C.H. Beck, 2018 2nd edition,
2015 1st edition (co-authored with Marek Káčer)
- To Decide or Not To Decide:
On the Political Theology of Simmenthal, Lyckeskog et al.
In: The Court of Justice of the European Union: The Court of Justice
and the Construction of Europe: Analyses and Perspectives on Sixty
Years of Case-law – La Cour de Justice et la Construction de l´Europe:
Analyses et Perspectives de Soixante Ans de Jurisprudence. The Hague:
T.M.C. Asser Press, 2013
- Ľud a sudcovia v konštitučnej
demokracii. (The people and the judges in a constitutional
democracy) Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o.,
2011
- Vnútroštátne súdy a európske súdy: spojené alebo paralelné
svety? Vnútroštátna aplikácia európskeho práva a úloha európskej
judikatúry v nej. (National courts and European courts: joint universes
or parallel ones? On national application of European law and the
role of European case law) In: Procházka, R. (ed.): Zborník z medzinárodnej
vedeckej konferencie konanej 7. mája 2010 na Trnavskej univerzite
v Trnave (Collection of works from a scientific conference). Plzeň:
Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2010.
- Mak proti Gatsbymu. Osud, vina
a zodpovednosť za škodu. (Mak v. Gatsby. Fate, guilt
and tort law) Trnava: Edition Ryba, 2009
- Právo Európskej únie (The
Law of the European Union). Žilina:
Poradca podnikateľa, 2007 (co-authored with Juraj Čorba)
- Dobrá vôľa, spravodlivý rozum.
Hodnoty a princípy v súdnej praxi. (Good will, fair reason.
On values and principles in judicial practice) Bratislava: Kalligram,
2005
- Mission Accomplished. On Founding Constitutional Adjudication
in Central Europe. Budapest: Central European University Press,
2002
VIII. Languages
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IX. In the event
that you do not meet the level of language proficiency required
for the post of judge in an official language, please confirm your
intention to follow intensive language classes of the language concerned
prior to, and if need be also at the beginning of, your term of
duty if elected a judge on the Court
Not applicable
X. Other relevant
information
Not applicable
XI. Please confirm
that you will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected
a judge on the Court
I hereby confirm that I will take up permanent residence in
Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.
