Marin Mrčela, Ph.D. Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia Personal data: Date of birth: 25 February 1962 Place of birth: Zagreb, Republic of Croatia Education and qualifications: 1985 Law Degree: Zagreb Law Faculty, University of Zagreb 1998 Postgraduates study Criminal Law (LL.M.) Zagreb Law Faculty, University of Zagreb 2012 Ph. D. (Criminal Law Science), Zagreb Law Faculty, University of Zagreb Judicial experience: 21.7.2021 - 18.10.2021 Acting President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 1.1.2021 - 31.8.2021 President of the Criminal Department of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 15.10.2017 - 31.12.2021 Vice President of the Supreme of the Republic of Croatia 2017 President of the Department for European Regulations Monitoring and Case Law of the Courts of the Council of Europe and the European Union 2008 – present Justice at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 2000 – 2008 Criminal Trial Judge at the County Court in Zagreb (War Crimes, USKOK) 1988 – 2000 Criminal Trial Judge at the Municipal Court in Zagreb 1985 – 1988 Trainee at the County Court in Zagreb Other activities: 1994 Croatian Representative to the XXI Council of Europe Conference on criminological researches, Strasbourg 1994 - 2016 Associate teacher at the Law Faculty in Zagreb (Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law) 1996 - 2004 Member of the Administrative Board of the Croatian Association for Criminal Sciences and Practice 1999 - present Member of the Administrative Board of the Croatian Association for European Criminal Law 1999 Head of the Working Group for Drafting the Code of Judicial Conduct (within the Association of Croatian Judges) 2000 – 2005 Vice President of the Association of Croatian Judges 2000 Member of the Croatian Delegation to the UN Human Rights Committee 2000 – 2001 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program, American University, Washington D.C. 2002 – present Associate member of the Croatian Academy of Legal Science 2002 – present Associate teacher at the Central and Eastern Europe Law Institute/American Bar Association Institute in Prague 2004 – present Member of several working groups for drafting legislation within the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia 2005 – present Head of the Delegation of the Republic of Croatia to GRECO (Group of States against Corruption) 2005 – present Deputy President of the Association of Croatian Judges 2005 - 2006 Head of the Subsection for Different Aspects for crime combatting within the Working Group for Chapter 24 "Justice, Freedom and Security"; Member of the Working Group for Chapter 23 "Judiciary and Fundamental Rights" (EU access negotiations) 2006 Member of the GRECO Bureau 2006 – 2011 Vice President of GRECO 2006 - present Council of Europe Expert in the field of Criminal Law (coruption, organized crime, criminal procedure etc.) 2009 - present Associate Teacher at the Zagreb Medical Faculty (Judicial Medicine) 2011 – 2024 President of GRECO 2016 - 2021 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law Osijek 2021 - present Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law Osijek Published and other works: 1997-present 76 published works, including 11 books and handbooks, 23 scientific papers including 4 papers published in journals issued by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, 7 published in international journals and one in Q1-Q2 journal according to SCImago Journal & Country Rank Acknowledgments: 2014 Recognition of the "Foundation Jadranko Crnić" for the book "Witnesses in criminal proceedings - examination of witnesses as evidence in criminal proceeding", as the work of particular importance for the improvement of the legal profession in the Republic of Croatia in 2013 2015 Republic of San Marino; the State Order of Saint Agatha, Grand Cross 2024 Pro Merito Medal of the Council of Europe in recognition of commitment and valuable contribution to the work of the organisation Skills: Foreign languages: English and German IT: Word, PowerPoint, Excel