Branko Brkić, Ph.D.

Justice at the Criminal Law Department of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia


  Personal data:

Date of birth: 8 July 1958
Place of birth Kruševo, Republic of Croatia

  Education and qualifications:

2015 Obtained the academic title Doctor of Law in the field of criminal law sciences
2004  Received his Master of Law degree in criminal law sciences 
1984  Passed the Bar exam
1982 Graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law

  Judicial experience:

 2024 - present  Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia
2016 - 2024  Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia
2006 - 2016  Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia
1991 - 2006 Judge of the County Court in Zadar
1992 - 1996 Judge of the Military Court in Split
1984 - 1991 Judge of the Municipal Court in Obrovac
1983 - 1984 Judicial apprentice

Activity in professional bodies and associations:

2010 - 2012 Member of the State Judicial Council
- Member of the Croatian Association for Criminal Law Sciences

 Publications and other works:

"Identity between Judgment and Accusation"
"Command Responsibility"
"Property-related Criminal Acts"
"Criminal Acts against Sexual Freedom and Morality"
"Ethics of Criminal Procedure"
"Medieval Statute Law of Zadar"
"Apprehension - Arrest - Detention"
"Appeals Against Court Decisions – some Theoretical and Practical Issues"
"Execution of Foreign Judicial Verdict (Exequatur)"
"Punishable Acts of Robbery and Larceny"
"Sentence at the Request of Parties under Investigation"
Expert papers (HR)...

Original Scientific Paper:

"The command criminal responsibility in the international and domestic law through the prism of the principle of legality", Croatian Law Reviw 4/2010 

Review Scientific Paper:

"Aggressive war as an international armed conflict or when the Republic of Croatia became the subject of international law"

 Acknowledgments:

"The Homeland War Memorial" Medal
The "Storm" Medal
The Order of the Croatian Trefoil for contributions to the judiciary
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