Melita Božičević-Grbić, LLB Justice at the Criminal Law Department of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia Personal data: Date of birth: 3 May 1959 Place of birth: Sestrunj, Republic of Croatia Education and qualifications: 1985 Passed the bar exam 1983 Graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb 1978 1 st Secondary School in Zagreb 1974 Primary School in Zagreb Judicial experience: 2006 - present Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 2005 - 2006 Senior advisor at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia and Judge of the County Court in Zagreb 1998 - 2006 Judge of the County Court in Zagreb 1988 - 1998 Judge of the Municipal Court in Zagreb 1986 - 1988 Court advisor at the Municipal Court in Zagreb 1983 - 1985 Judicial apprentice at the Municipal Court in Zagreb Activity in professional bodies and associations: Member of the Croatian Association for Criminal Law Sciences and Practice Member of the Association of Croatian Judges Chair and Member of several working groups for drafting legislative changes and amendments Chair and Member of the Committee for Monitoring and Improvement of Work of Bodies of Criminal Procedure and Juvenile Sanctions Execution Member of the Committee for Monitoring and Improvement of Work of Bodies of Criminal and Misdemeanour Procedure as well as of Bodies of Execution of Domestic Violence Protection Sanctions Lecturer at seminars organised by the Croatian Association for Criminal Law Sciences and Practice Chair of a number of workshops organised by the Judicial Academy and Croatian Bar Association Co-author of a number of expert papers issued in publications of the Judicial Academy and Croatian Association for Criminal Law Sciences and Practice