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JUDr. Ivetta Macejková, PhD., LL.M.

President of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic

in the period from February 16, 2007 to February 16, 2019

Photo JUDr. Ivetta Macejková, PhD., LL.M.

Name and surname: Ivetta Macejková

Academic titles: JUDr., PhD., LL.M.

Birth year: 1958

Nationality: Slovak Republic

Family status: married

Education

1977 – 1981

Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty, awarded the academic title “magister (Mgr.)”

1981 – 1982

Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty, Rigorosum exam in law, awarded the academic title “juris utriusque doctor (JUDr.)”

2007 – 2012

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Law Faculty, doctoral exam in study field: Criminal Law, awarded academic title “philosophiae doctor (PhD.)”. Doctoral thesis on: “Criminal law and its constitutional limits in the Slovak Republic”

2016

Security Management University in Košice and Warsaw University of Management (Poland) in collaboration with “World Jurist Association” in Maryland, USA, in a study programme which meets Polish legal requirements and EU standards, awarded academic title “Master of Laws – LL.M.”. Dissertation on: EU Law in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic

Work experience

1981 – 1992

Pozemné stavby Bratislava – corporate lawyer

1992 – 1996

District Court Bratislava-vidiek – after being appointed judge – vice-president and later president, presiding judge of a senate

1997 – 2006

Regional Court Bratislava – president, presiding judge in a penal and administrative senate

2006 – 2007

Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic – judge and member of the Penal Division as the only woman in the history of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic

1992 – 2007

practising judge in general courts of all instances (District Court, Regional Court, Supreme Court)

2007 – súčasnosť

Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic – judge and president

Management skills

  • Assisting the dissolution of District Court Bratislava-vidiek (1996)
  • Assisting the establishment of District Court Pezinok (as part of reorganisation of judicial bodies in 1996 – 1997)
  • Assisting the fusion of City Court Bratislava and Regional Court Bratislava (1996 – 1997)
  • Assisting the establishment of Regional Court Bratislava (1997)
  • Assisting the Constitutional Court’s accession to the Conference of European Constitutional Courts and World Conference on Constitutional Justice
  • Initiating and developing intensive cooperation with European constitutional courts, European Court of Human Rights, and Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Initiating and assisting the reconstruction of the premises of the Constitutional Court,
  • Initiating the establishment of the Bratislava Liaison Office of the Constitutional Court
  • Initiating the creation of a new courtroom, electronic registry and electronic library of the Constitutional Court

Pedagogical and scientific research activities

1995 – 2011

Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Law Faculty, Criminal Law Department – external lecturer

1995 – 2011

Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty, Criminal Law Department – external lecturer

2007 – súčasnosť

Member of the Research Council at the Law Faculty of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

2009 – 2012

Member of the Research Council at the Security Management University in Košice

2017

Member of the Research Council at the Law Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava

Project:

Effectiveness of the enforcement of decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic in proceedings on complaints by individuals and legal entities (concrete constitutionality review) in causal relationship with the principle of presumption of culpable conduct on the part of the State (ordinary courts and prosecuting authorities); 2009 – 2017

Membership in international organisations

Since 2007

Member of the European Commission for Democracy through the Law (Venice Commission) – internationally recognised and independent advisory body of the Council of Europe in constitutional matters

Further activities

  • JUDr. Ivetta Macejková’s Foundation: Supporting foster homes,
  • JUDr. Ivetta Macejková’s Foundation: Supporting the protection of cultural heritage in eastern Slovakia

Language skills

  • English
  • Russian

Honours

  • Golden Biatec 2008, Informal Economic Forum – Economic Club
  • Memorial plaque – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice – Law Faculty 2013
  • Medal – 20th Anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Armenia – 2015
Create date: 15.6.2023 Last modified: 5.12.2023