Kateřina Šimáčková

Born on 23 October 1966 in Brno, Czech Republic

  • Master of Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, 1988
  • Lecturer, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, 1990-1993, 2001 - 2007
  • Law clerk, Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Czechoslovakia, 1992
  • Practising lawyer and litigator, 1994-2009
  • PhD in Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, 2007
  • Assistant professor, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, since 2007
  • Member, Government Legislative Council of the Czech Republic, 2007-2009
  • Judge, Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, 2009-2013
  • Member, Committee on the selection of judges of the Civil Service Tribunal, Court of Justice of the European Union, 2009-2013
  • Substitute Member, European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission), Council of Europe, 2010-2021
  • Member, Examination Committee for the purpose of judicial qualification exams in the area of constitutional law, organisation of justice and organisation of public prosecution, 2010-2021
  • Judge, Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, 2013-2021
  • Ad hoc Judge, European Court of Human Rights, 2016-2021
  • Member, Scientific Board, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, since 2016
  • Certified trainer of the HELP Programme of the Council of Europe, since 2020
  • Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 13 December 2021.
Kateřina Šimáčková