HR - Biography


The Republic of Croatia
Vrhovni Sud Republike Hrvatske
Mr ĐURO SESSA, LLB
President since: 2017
Justice of the Supreme Court since: 2008
Career before being justice of the Supreme Court:
2004 - 2008 |
President of the Civil Law Department of the County Court in Zagreb |
2002 - 2008 |
Judge of the County Court in Zagreb |
1996 - 2004 |
President of the Municipal Court in Zagreb |
1993 - 1996 |
Consul Counselor at the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia in Perth, Australia |
1991 - 1993 |
President of the Civil Law Department of the Municipal Court in Zagreb |
1988 - 1993 |
Judge of the Municipal Court in Zagreb |
1986 - 1988 |
Judge of the Municipal Court in Sisak |
1984 - 1986 |
Judge of the Municipal Court in Petrinja |
1982 - 1984 |
Judicial apprentice at the County Court in Sisak |
1981 |
Lawyer in the "Dubrovkinja" trade company, Dubrovnik |
Activity in professional bodies and associations:
2009 - 2010 |
Member of the State Judicial Council |
2005 - 2009 |
Deputy President of the National Judicial Council |
2005 – present |
President of the Association of Croatian Judges |
Member of Presidency Committee of the Civil Law Association |
Other activities:
Vice-President of the International Association of Judges
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Judges
Vice-President of the Consultative Council of European Judges within the Council of Europe (CCJE)
Representative of the Republic of Croatia in the Consultative Council of European Judges within the Council of Europe (CCJE)
Member of the Croatian Team responsible for Chapter 23 of the EU Accession Agreement “The Judiciary and Human Rights"
Publication and other works:
Articles on various topics have been published regarding the independence of the judiciary, procedural civil law, real estate law, torts and civil law and European law
Acknowledgments:
1997 |
Bearer of the Order of the Croatian Pleter |