Composition

According to Act no. 185/2002 Coll. on the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic, Judicial Council is composed of 18 members. They are the President and Vice-President of the Judicial Council and its other  members. The Judicial Council is created by all three branches of the state power. Nine members, who are serving judges, are elected and recalled by their peers – all the judges of the Slovak Republic. Three members are appointed and recalled by the President of the Slovak Republic, three members are appointed and recalled by the Government of the Slovak Republic and three members are elected and recalled by the National Council of the Slovak Republic.

A member of the Judicial Council appointed by the National Council of the Slovak Republic, President of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Slovak Republic may only be a person that is irreproachable, has university education of the field of law and a minimum of 15 years of professional experience. National Council, the President and the Government can appoint only a person that is not a serving judge.

Legal education of a member of the Judicial Council must be demonstrated in the following manner:

a) by a diploma issued by a university pursuant to special legislation after graduation of master’s study at faculty of law of a university within the Slovak Republic,

b) by a document on university study issued by a foreign university that is validated by faculty of law of a university within the Slovak Republic, or

c) by a document on study issued by a foreign university, with whom the Slovak Republic concluded an international contract on mutual recognition of equal documents on education.

The office of a member of the Judicial Council is incompatible with the function of the President of the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic or the Vice-President of the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic, a prosecutor, an officer of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic and a member of the Slovak Information Service.