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Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Slovakia
(in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights)

Doc. 10263
16 September 2004

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 15 September 2004

Dear President,

Pursuant to the decision of the Ministers’ Deputies of which I enclose a copy, I have the honour to transmit to you the list of candidates for the post of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the SlovakRepublic.

...

Signed:

Terry Davis

Decisions of Ministers' Deputies

895th meeting – 15 September 2004

Item 4.3

European Court of Human Rights – Second partial renewal -
Nomination of candidates for the election of judges - Candidature in respect of the Slovak Republic
(CM(2004)149)

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         took note of the list of candidates for the election of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights presented in respect of the SlovakRepublic;

2.         agreed to transmit the said list of candidates to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly.

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name, forename            J�n DRGONEC

Sex                              male

Date and place of birth   20 April 1952, Bratislava

Nationality/ie                 Slovakian

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

1971-1976:        Law Faculty of Comenius University, Bratislava (graduated lawyer)

1977:                Doctor of Laws (JUDr) in “The History of State and Law” at The Law Faculty of the Comenius University, Bratislava

1981:                Candidate of Legal Sciences (CSc.) under a thesis on law of contract at The Law Faculty of Comenius University, Bratislava

1991:                Doctor of Legal Sciences (DrSc.) under a work on computer law at The Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

III. Relevant professional activities

a.                  Details of judicial activities

judge of The Constitutional Court of The Slovak Republic (21.1.1993 – 20.1.2000)

b.                  Details of non-judicial legal activities

A. Academic career

1998:                Visiting Professor at The University of Texas at Austin (Texas, USA)

1980-1992:        full-time scientific worker  at the Institut of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

1.2.1980-31.12.1981:     scientific assistent;

1.1.1982-25.11.1986:     scientific fellow;

26.11.1986-29.7.1990:   senior scientific fellow;

27.6.1991:                    chief research fellow

1. July 1988- 31.1.1990: Head of the Department of Public and Private Law;

1.2.1990-1.2.1993:        Head of the Department of Civil and Commercial Law

1992:                           visitor at Institut suisse de droit compar�, Lausanne

1993-2001 (March 31) : part-time chief research fellow at �stav št�tu a pr�va SAV, Bratislava

B. Private practice

C. Public service

c.         Details of non-legal professional activities

nothing relevant

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

A.            Literary activities

Author of a monograph on fundamental rights and freedoms in two volumes (604 pages in total)

Author of chapters in monographs edited in the CzechRepublic and Poland, e.g.:

1. Koncepcia ochrany z�kladn�ch pr�v a slob�d podla �stavn�ho s�du Slovenskej republiky (The model of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms due to the reasoning of the Constitutional Court of the SlovakRepublic). In: Danc�k, B. - Šim�cek, V. (eds.): Z�kladn� lidsk� pr�va a pr�vn� st�t v judikature �stavn�ch soudu. Brno, Masarykova univezita - Mezin�rodn� politologick� �stav 2000, pp. 30-44.  ISBN 80-210-2451-8.

2. The Slovakian experience with the realisation of fundamental rights and freedoms. In: Complak, K (ed.): Europa Wschodnia – Ameryka Lacinska/ Europa del Este – Am�rica Latina. Wroclaw, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego 2002, pp. 248-265.  ISBN 83-229-2214-0.

3. �stavnopr�vne aspekty použitia sledovac�ch technol�gi� mocensk�mi zložkami št�tu (The constitutional issues posed by tapping and application of other technologies by the armed forces of the state). In: Danc�k, B. – Šim�cek, V. (eds): Bezpecnost Cesk� republiky (Pr�vn� aspekty situace po 11. z�r� 2001). Brno, Masarykova univerzita v Brne – Mezin�rodn� politologick� �stav 2002, pp. 107-122  ISBN 80-210-3009-7.

Author of papers on freedom of expression, right to privacy, right to have a case settled within a reasonable time, positive obligation etc. released in the Slovakian law reviews “Justicn� revue” and “Bulletin Slovenskej advok�cie”.

B. Legislative activities

Working out of the draft of the law on protection of privacy from tapping (adopted by the Parliament as Act no. 166/2003 Z.z.)   

C. Judicial activities

Reporting judge of the Constitutional Court to:

a)       case II. �S 8/96 concerning the freedom of movement and the constitutional right of every Slovakian citizen to freely enter the territory of the Slovak Republic (for more details see Bulletin on Constitutional Case-Law, 1996, no. 3, pages 403-404);

b)       the case PL. �S 15/1998 dealing with the conformity of the Law on General Election with the Slovakian Constitution (the most significant case in Slovakia concerning freedom of expression; for more details see Zbierka n�lezov a uznesen� �stavn�ho s�du Slovenskej republiky 1999, pages 27-75);

c)       case II. �S 28/96 concerning the right of access to information under Article 26 of the Slovakian Constitution and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (see, Zbierka n�lezov �stavn�ho s�du Slovenskej republiky 1997, pages 98-118);

d)       case I. �S 79/93 on violation of Article 17.6 of the Slovakian Constitution and Article 5.4 of the European Convention due to the obligatory detention of a mentally ill person in a hospital without a court decision;

e)       a series of cases concerning the right to privacy, and the right to have a case settled within a reasonable time (e.g. the case II. �S 26/95. Zbierka n�lezov a uznesen� �stavn�ho s�du Slovenskej republiky 1995, s. 52-67 where the violation of this right was declared first time ever in Slovakia)

D. Teaching activities

Lecturer on “Constitutional guarantees for fundamental rights and freedoms” – course for undergraduate students at the Law Faculty of the ComeniusUniversity in Bratislava (1997-1999)

V. Political activities

a) Public office

b) Elected posts

c) Posts held in a political party or movement

member of Presidium of the ANO party

VI. Other activities

I am not organised in any citizen organisation, sport club or any other sort of organisation

VII. Publications and other works

9 books + 3 other books in joint authorship; chapters in collective monographs edited in the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland and Spain; 103 papers in law reviews edited in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, England, Germany/South Africa, Hungary, Wales.

Fundamental works

1.                   �stava Slovenskej republiky. Koment�r (The Constitution of the Slovak Republic. Commentary).

Heur�ka, Šamor�n 2004, 811 pages.     ISBN 80-89122-95-1.

2.         Z�kladn� pr�va a slobody podla �stavy Slovenskej republiky (The Fundamental Rights And Freedoms Under The Constitution Of The Slovak Republic) Zv. 1 (Vol. 1). Bratislava, MANZ, 1997, 264 pages. ISBN 80-85719-13.

            Z�kladn� pr�va a slobody podla �stavy Slovenskej republiky (The Fundamental Rights And Freedoms Under The Constitution Of The Slovak Republic) Zv. 2 (Vol. 2) Bratislava, MANZ 1999, 340 pages. ISBN 80-85719-23-1.

3.         �stavn� pr�va a zdravotn�ctvo (Constitutional Rights And The Health Care). Bratislava, Archa 1996, 338 pages. ISBN 80-7115-034-7

4.         Tlacov� pr�vo na Slovensku (Press Law Within the Territory of Slovakia). Bratislava, Archa 1995, 191 pages. ISBN 80-7115-034-7

5.         Št�t a pr�vo v služb�ch životn�ho prostredia (The Government And The Laws On Duty For The Environment) Prešov, Abies 1993, 140 pages. ISBN 80-88699-00-2

6.         Vedecko-technick� rozvoj, pr�vo a n�rodn� hospod�rstvo (New Technologies, The Laws And The National Economy) Bratislava, Veda 1991, 242 pages. ISBN 80-224-0152-8

7.         Pr�vne kult�ry �zie a Afriky. Bratislava (Cultures Of Law In Asia And Africa). Bratislava, Veda 1991, 240 pages. ISBN 80-224-0227-3

8.         Modern� medic�na a pr�vo (Modern Medicine And The Laws). (joint author P. Holl�nder) Bratislava, Obzor 1982, 238 pages.

            Modern� medic�na a pr�vo (Modern Medicine And The Laws) (joint author P. Holl�nder) 2nd  fundamentaly re-worked and supplemented edition. Bratislava,    Obzor 1988, 304 pages.

Works in English

1. Independence Under Control – The Road For the Judiciary of 21st Century. In: Segado, F.F. (ed.): The Spanish Constitution in the European Constitutional Context. Madrid, Dykinson 2003, pages 2097-2131. ISBN  84-9772-094-6

2. The Slovakian experience with the realisation of fundamental rights and freedoms. In: Complak, K (ed.): Europa Wschodnia – Ameryka Lacinska/ Europa del Este – Am�rica Latina. Wroclaw, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego 2002, pages 248-265. ISBN 83-229-2214-0.

3. Laws on Extraordinary Medical Activity in Post-Socialist Central Europe. In: Bioethics: From Ethics to Law, from Law to Ethics. Z�rich, Schulthess Polygraphischer Verlag 1997, pages 109-126.
ISBN 3 7255 3633 3

4. New Crimes for New Times. In Festschrift f�r Jan Štep�n. Z�rich, Schulthess Polygraphischer Verlag 1994, pages 285-294.  ISBN 3 7255 3198 6.

5. The Status of the Foetus. Medicine and Law, 1994, no. 3-4, pages 215-239.

6. The Relationship Between Physician and Patient under the Slovak Law. Medical Law International, 1998, no. 4, pages. 287-298.

VIII. Languages

Languages

Reading

Writing     

Speaking

 

         VG G  F

VG G  F

VG G  F

a. First language :

Slovak

 

 

Very good

 

Very good

 

Very good

b. Official languages :

X. English

X. French

 

 

Very good

 

Very good

 

Very good

I cannot speak French

c. Other languages :

Czech

Russian

 

Very good

Very good 

 

Very good

Good 

 

Very good

Good 

IX. Other relevant information

Nothing to add

X. Candidates are asked to confirm that, if elected, they will take up residence in Strasbourg as the seat of the Court.

I confirm my consent to have my permanent residence in Strasbourg during the tenure of my office at The European Court Of Human Rights

In Bratislava, Slovakia, on 23rd February 2004

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name, forename:           Smolov� Sona

Sex:                             female

Date and place of birth: 5 September 1951, Bratislava

Nationality/ies:              Slovak

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

1984                 Doctorate, Faculty of Law, ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava

1976                 Examination for the post of judge

1970-1975         Faculty of Law, ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava

III. Relevant professional activities

a.         Details of judicial activities

Since 2001       President of a Criminal Section of the Court of Appeal (Krajsk� s�d), Bratislava, responsible for criminal cases

1984-2000         Judge at the Court of Appeal (Krajsk� s�d), Bratislava

1976-1984         President of the Criminal Section of the Court of First Instance (Okresn� s�d), Bratislava - vidiek

1975-1976         Legal trainee at the the Court of Appeal (Krajsk� s�d), Bratislava

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

2003 October     Head of Slovakian delegation, European Conference on Policies for the Protection of Children, Nisida, Italy

2002 March       Seminar on Human Rights, Bratislava

2001 May          Trainer of legal trainees – Protection of children’s rights

2000 Dec.         International Conference: Gypsy youth

2000 June         Slovakian expert, OCTOPUS II Seminar – Dubrovnik, Croatia: enhancement of international sharing of information to fight corruption and organised crime

2000 May          Slovakian expert, OCTOPUS II Seminar – Budapest, Hungary: enhancement of bilateral and multilateral co-operation in the fight against corruption and organised crime

2000 January     Study visit, Paris, France, OCTOPUS II Programme: International co-operation and working methods of specialised units fighting organised crime

1999 Sept.        Slovakian expert, OCTOPUS II Seminar – Bratislava, Slovakia: protection of vulnerable targets including witnesses

1999 May          Study visit, Paris, France, OCTOPUS II: crime prevention programmes put in place to control juvenile delinquency

V. Public activities

None

VI. Other activities

2004                 Head of French-Slovak legal dictionary project

2003 Sept.        Seminar on Community law, Omsenie, Slovakia

2003 June         Seminar on legal French, Omsenie, Slovakia

2002 February   Seminar under the aegis of EIPA Luxembourg, Training Trainers in Community law, Bucharest, Romania

2002 May          Seminar on legal French, Omsenie, Slovakia

2002 Nov.          Seminar at the LegalServiceTrainingCollege, Paris, France; training at the Assize Court in Metz

2001 Nov.          Seminar under the aegis of EIPA Luxembourg, Training Trainers in Community law, Bucharest, Romania

2001 April          Training supervisor for a legal trainee (Coline Craighero) from the Legal Service Training College, Paris, France, at the Court of Appeal in Bratislava

2000 Oct.-Dec.  Training at the Ministry of Justice, Directorate of Criminal Law

2000 March       International scientific conference: Protection of children’s rights, Piešt’any, Slovakia

1999 Oct.-Nov.   Seminar at the Legal Service Training College, Paris, France; presentation of French judicial institutions, followed by training at the Mulhouse Regional Court and the Court of Appeal in Colmar

1999 April          Expert, seminar on enhancing investigative resources – programme organised under the aegis of the Council of Europe OCTOPUS II, Strasbourg, France

1999 April-June  Training at the Ministry of Justice, Directorate of Criminal Law    

VII. Publications and other works

SMOLOVA, S.: Children’s judge. Legal Protection of Children. International Conference,  Piešt’any, 2000

VIII. Languages

            Language                               reading           writing             speaking

a. First language

- Slovak                             VG                   VG                   VG

b. Official languages

- French                             VG                   G                     VG

c. Other languages

- Russian                           VG                   VG                   VG

IX. Other relevant information

Computer skills – MS WORD, MS EXCEL, Outlook, Internet

X. I confirm that I will take up permanent residence in Strasbourg if elected a judge on the Court.

TRANSLATION

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. Personal details

Name, forename            ŠIKUTA, J�n

Sex                              Male

Date and place of birth   25 October 1960, Bratislava

Nationality/ies               Slovak

II. Education and academic and other qualifications

1979 - 1983       Law Faculty, ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava, Law Studies

1984                 Title "Doctor of Law"

1985                 Judicial exam (Ministry of Justice)

1989 - 1991       Law Faculty, CharlesUniversity, Prague, Postgraduate studies in law

III. Relevant professional activities

a. Details of judicial activities

1983 - 1985

Post of Judge-Candidate

In course of the above-mentioned period, in order to become a judge, I applied, after graduation of law studies, for the post of the Judge-Candidate. During that period, I went through all kinds of court work. I've got practice and experience of the circulation of a court file from its registration through its handling by court administration up to court proceedings, trial and final judgement. During this period, under supervision of professional judge, I studied files, cases (criminal and civil), I prepared all necessary and relevant documentation for proceedings, drafted concepts of simple decisions and judgements, but also attended court hearings in order to see procedural rules in practice. In the meantime, I had to study national legislation, national case law (of the Supreme Court of the SlovakRepublic) and I had to attend seminars organised for candidates on regular basis. At the end of this preparatory period, I had to pass required by legislation tests and exams, organised by the Ministry of Justice and Supreme Court. This period was finalized by passing the final judicial exam, after which I was elected by the Slovak Parliament for the post of the judge.

1986 - 1989

Post of First Instance Court Judge

I started to work as the first instance judge, appointed to the District Court in Bratislava, the court of first instance, where I dealt with civil cases. I did typical judge’s activities, e.g. I studied court complaints lodged, afterwards I put together relevant evidence, I conducted court hearings, interviewed parties of the cases, witnesses, asked for expert's opinions and reports, took into consideration all relevant facts, made legal analysis and finally, I was taking and pronouncing judgements at the first instance. Another part of my daily activities was drafting the court judgements and other kinds of court decisions, I took as the judge, including well-designed motivations/reasoning. Accordingly, I continued to study all kind of legislation and Supreme Court case law. In addition to this, from time to time I published an article in one of law magazines available, related to legally interesting issue I dealt with.

1990 - 1994

Post of Appeal Court Judge

In 1990, I was re-elected by the Parliament to the Court of Appeal (court of second instance) in Bratislava as an appeal judge. I dealt with civil, and later on (since 1992) also with administrative cases. In addition to my agenda, I was the appeal judge, specialised on the Law of Intellectual Property related cases and the Labour Law related cases. Similarly to my previous activities at the court of first instance, but now at the appeal instance, I continued in standard judge’s activities. I dealt with revision of first instance procedures and decisions. I studied appeals, first instance court files, I co-ordinated the work with other judges in the appeal senate/chamber (three judges in one appeal chamber), I held court hearings, interviewing parties of the case, appointed and examined experts if needed, drafting decisions/judgement including motivations / reasoning. In the meantime, before Slovakia acceded (succeeded after the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) to the European Convention on Human Rights, I started to have an interest in human rights as such, including the European Convention on Human Rights. In addition to said above, as one of the few Slovak judges, I started to familiarise with the ECHR's case law and to organise seminars for Slovak judges, in cooperation with the Council of Europe and with support of ECHR judges, focusing on the European Convention of Human Rights and Court’s case law (see under III/b).

Since July 1994, I have started to work with UNHCR, but my judges' post at the Appeal Court has been preserved (see below).

b. Details of non-judicial legal activities

1994 – 2004

Legal Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee Office

In the mid of 1994, I succeeded in the competition for the post of the Legal Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office (UNHCR). Since that time, I've been posted at UNHCR Representation in Bratislava, but at the same time my judges' post has remained preserved. That gave me a great opportunity on the one side to stay in contact with Slovak authorities including national judiciary and to monitor all developments of the national legislation. On the other hand, to gain knowledge and experience in the field of human rights with focus on asylum seekers and refugees.

As the Legal Officer, on the national level, I commented drafts of national legislation and administrative practice, relating to foreigners, residency, minorities and refugees, also from the point of view of harmonisation with international standards (UN, CE), I prepared legal UNHCR's opinions and standpoints in selected cases, which were sent to administrative or judicial bodies dealing with asylum cases at all levels (administrative and executive bodies, judiciary, Supreme Court, Constitutional Court), where, inter alia, I argued also by ECHR's case law (in particular case law related to Articles 3, 5, 6 and 8 of ECHR). As a part of UNHCR's Representation in Slovakia, I came into contact with different kind of the highest national institutions, the Parliament, the Government, the Constitutional Court, ministries etc., but also I digested the “field work” concerning human rights, in direct contact with asylum seekers and refugees, including in some of Eastern European countries (Moldova, Ukraine), from whom I got their perspectives and views on life and human rights. In addition, I delivered lectures and other educational activities on human rights for judges, administrative officials, lawyers, police officials, border guards etc. not from Slovakia only but also from other Central and Eastern European countries. My lectures were focusing on the International Protection of Human Rights with focus on refugees, including protection offered by the Council of Europe system, besides UN or European Union systems.

On the international level, I have had the opportunity to come into contact with a wide range of different international institutions (Council of Europe, European Commission) and non-governmental organisations (Amnesty International, International Helsinki Federation, Minority Rights Group etc.), dealing with human rights. A part of my job was also to deal with human rights protection tools and instruments of other systems, e.g. United Nations conventions, UNHCR EXCOM Recommendations etc., which I applied in my daily work. A part of my job was also to assist the Slovak Government, but sometimes also to the Governments of Central and Eastern European countries in institution building process aiming to build functioning and effective asylum system (e.g. my missions to Moldova with the purpose to train and lecture Moldovan judges, prosecutors, lawyers, immigration officers in the field of human rights, refugee protection etc.).           

Since 1994, I have been working in multicultural and international environment, using English as the working language on the daily basis.

a.      Details of non-legal professional activities

IV. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

Attended Human Rights Courses

Course of the International Law organised by the Jan Hus Foundation             1992-1993

(The Czech and SlovakFederalRepublic)

Course “Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights”                                      1993

organised by The Netherlands Bar Association, The Netherlands

Helsinki Committee, The Independent Association of the Judiciary

Hilversum, Den Haag, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

International Course on Refugee and Asylum Law                                                 1993

ExeterCollege, University of Oxford, U.K.

(Certificate of Attendance)

UN Course on "The Issues of Assistance                                                             1994

To Displaced Populations in Europe"

Queen Elisabeth House, University of Oxford, U.K.

UN Training  for Advisors on “The Law of Refugee Status”                                      1994

Queen Elisabeth House, University of Oxford, U.K.

ELENA 7th International Course                                                                          1994

on Asylum and Refugee Law

Athens, Greece

16th Annual International Human Rights Training Programme                                 1995

Canadian Human Rights Foundation,

John Abbott College, Quebec, Montreal, Canada

(Certificate of Achievement)

International Protection of Refugees Training                                                      1997

John Knox Centre, Geneva

Advanced Course on the International                                                                1998

Protection of Human Rights

Institute for Human Rights

ABO/Turku, Finland

EU Focal Points Trainings, Brusells                                                                  2001

Belgium

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

2nd Training Seminar on the EU- Acquis                                                  2002

in the Field of Asylum and Migration

Vienna, Austria

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

Lecturing Activities

1994 – 2004

I have been delivering lectures as a guest lecturer at different universities in Slovakia, as well as abroad, focused on International Law and Relations, Human Rights and International Protection of Refugees, including the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, but also I came across with some UN Committee for Human Rights and UN Committee against Torture case law.

Law Faculty, ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava

Law Faculty, University of Pavol Jozef Šaf�rik, Košice

Law Faculty, University of Mateja Bella, Bansk� Bystrica

Law Faculty, TrnavaUniversity

Law Faculty, CharlesUniversity, Prague

The SlovakPoliceForcesAcademy

The CzechPoliceForcesAcademy

JohnAbbottCollege, Montreal, Canada

Law Faculty, Chisinau University, Moldova

Human Rights Summer Schools, organised by the Minority Rights Group Slovakia for selected law school students

Training Activities :

1995 - 2004

As UNHCR Legal Officer, I delivered trainings and seminars to different target groups - judges, advocates, prosecutors, lawyers, asylum decision makers, border police officers, law students, but also Roma communities, focusing on Human Rights in general, International Systems of Protection of Human Rights, Refugee Law, Interviewing Techniques, in, mostly, the Central European Countries, e.g. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, but also in Moldova or Ireland.

V. Political activities

a) Public office

b) Elected posts

c) Posts held in a political party or movement

As an independent judge, according to the national law, I can not exhibit and perform any political activities. The same as the UN Official in order to remain independent and neutral.

VI. Other activities

1992 - 1994

The Vice-President, The Slovak Association of Judges

After political changes, in 1989, there was a need for judges to establish their own professional association in order to assist judges in organising different activities. I was one of the founders of the Slovak Association of Judges, and in mentioned period I was elected as its Vice-President. In that time approximately 60% of Slovak judges joined that Association.

1993 - 1994

The Slovak National Centre for Human Rights, Member of the Board

2000 - 2004

International Association of Refugee Law Judges (Den Haag) - Associate Member

2002 - 2004

Pan-European Union (The SlovakRepublic Section) - Member

Other attended courses

Train the TrainersCourseI.,                                                                                1995

Moulin de la Forge, Paris, France

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

Train the Trainers Course II.,                                                                               1995

Stadtschlaining, Austria

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

Train the Trainers Course III.,                                                                               1996

Strba, The SlovakRepublic

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

UN Negotiating  SkillsTrainingI.                                                                         1996

Ankara, Turkey

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

Country of Origin Information                                                                               1997

Searching on Internet Training

Vienna, Austria

UNHCR Workshop on Emergency Management                                                   1998

Service Cantonal Vaudoise de la Protection Civile

Gollion, Switzerland

UN Negotiating Skills Training II.                                                                          1998

Ferney-Voltaire, France

Organised by: UNHCR Geneva

VII. Publications and other works

VIII. Languages

Languages

Reading

Writing

Speaking 

 

VG G  F

VG G  F

VG G  F

a. First language:

Slovak 

 

VG

 

VG

 

VG

b.Official languages:

- English

- French

 

VG

learning

 

VG

learning

 

VG

learning

c. Other languages:

Czech

Russian

German

 

VG

VG

F 

 

VG

VG

F

 

VG

VG

F

IX. Other relevant information

1992 - 1994

As the Vice-President of the Association of Slovak Judges, I organised trainings for Slovak judges

during indicated period. Within the frame of co-operation of the Association with the Dutch Judges

Association and Dutch Helsinki Committee, Dutch judges were invited as lecturers and came several

times to Slovakia in order to train Slovak judges specificly on the European Convention on Human

Rights, its Articles and its Court case law.

X. Candidates are asked to confirm that, if elected, they will take up residence in Strasbourg as the seat of the Court.

I am confirming, that if elected, I will take up residence in Strasbourg as the seat of the Court.

In Bratislava, 13 May 2004,