Tag: Slovakia

Slovakia: PM Fico Files Criminal Complaint Against Judge Pamela Zaleska

Posted on April 29, 2026

On April 29, 2026, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly confirmed that he has filed a criminal complaint against Judge Pamela Zaleska of the Specialized Criminal Court over her handling of the conviction of former special prosecutor Dušan Kováčik. The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic publicly objected to the Prime Minister’s stated justification for …

Kühn (2021), JUDGES UNDER STRESS: The Judiciary in Illiberal States

Posted on June 23, 2025

Zdeněk Kühn, “SPECIAL ISSUE: JUDGES UNDER STRESS: The Judiciary in Illiberal States.” German Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 7 (2021): 1231-1246 Summary: This work deals with the actual functioning of the judicial power and the limits of its independence facing an illiberal or authoritarian state. The work offers a skeptical analysis of the past and especially …