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PROF. DR. PÉTER POLT
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Cur­ri­cu­lum vitae

Name Prof. Dr. Péter Polt
Place and Date of birth Buda­pest, 6 Sep­tem­ber 1955

 

Edu­ca­ti­on

1980 Law deg­ree with “summa cum laude” honors, Faculty of Law of Eöt­vös Loránd Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest
1982

Bar exam (for jud­ges, pro­se­cu­tors) pas­sed with excel­lent result

1984 Post­gra­du­a­te stu­di­es at the Faculty of Com­pa­ra­tive Law, Stras­bourg
1986 Post­gra­du­a­te stu­di­es at the Hague Aca­demy of Inter­na­ti­o­nal Law
1990 Scho­lars­hip for pro­fes­sors rece­i­ved from the Human Rights Direc­tora­te, Stras­bourg
1996 Ph.D. stu­di­es, Faculty of Law of Eöt­vös Loránd Uni­ver­sity in Buda­pest
2011

PhD with “summa cum laude” honors 
(Páz­mány Péter Catho­lic Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest) 
The­sis: Par­lia­men­tary Immu­nity as a Ground for Preclu­si­on of Accoun­ta­bi­lity

 

Lan­gu­age skills
Eng­lish, Ger­man (lan­gu­age exams in 1983 and 2002)

 

Pro­fes­si­o­nal care­er
1980-82 Tra­inee pro­se­cu­tor at the Pro­se­cu­ti­on Offi­ce of the 5th Dis­t­rict of Buda­pest and at the Chief Pro­se­cu­ti­on Offi­ce of the Cap­ital, Buda­pest (wor­king as a rese­arch fel­low at the Nati­o­nal Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­no­logy and Cri­mi­na­lis­tics (OKKrI))
1983 Rese­arch Fel­low at the Nati­o­nal Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­no­logy, Buda­pest
1983- Full-time uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sor (Eöt­vös Loránd Uni­ver­sity, Szé­che­nyi Ist­ván Uni­ver­sity, Páz­mány Péter Catho­lic Uni­ver­sity, Nati­o­nal Uni­ver­sity of Pub­lic Ser­vi­ce)
1984

Half year long tra­ine­es­hip in the Cri­mi­nal Cases Cham­ber of the Sup­re­me Court

1986-95 Part-time attor­ney at law wor­king for the Békés-Németh-Vékás & Part­ners Law Firm
1990-91 Per­ma­nent Legal Adviser (part time), Ministry of Jus­ti­ce
1991-95 Ad hoc Legal Adviser on UN and Coun­cil of Euro­pe mat­ters, Ministry of Jus­ti­ce
1993-95 Spe­ci­al Expert on “The Hun­ga­ri­an poli­cy con­cer­ning the est­ab­lish­ment of the (per­ma­nent and ad hoc) ICC”, Ministry of Forei­gn Affa­irs
1995-2000 Deputy Par­lia­men­tary Com­mis­si­o­ner for Civil Rights (Deputy Ombuds­man for Civil Rights)
2000-2006 Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral of Hun­gary
2006-2010 Head of Depart­ment, Hono­rary Chief Coun­sell­or of the Offi­ce of the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral, Head of Depart­ment of Cri­mi­nal Court Cases at the Offi­ce of the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral
2010-2019 Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral of Hun­gary
2019- Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral of Hun­gary

Uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sor care­er and rese­arch acti­vity in Hun­gary

1983

Rese­arch fel­low for the Nati­o­nal Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­no­logy and Cri­mi­na­lis­tics (OKKrI), super­vi­sed by the Offi­ce of the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral

1983-1985

Assis­tant Lec­tu­rer, Penal Law Depart­ment, Faculty of Law, Eöt­vös Loránd Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest

1985-2017

Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor, Penal Law Depart­ment, Faculty of Law, Eöt­vös Loránd Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest

1999-2007

Tea­ch­ing and lec­tu­ring at the Faculty of Law of the Uni­ver­sity in Győr (from 2002 named as the Faculty of Law of the Szé­che­nyi Ist­ván Uni­ver­sity)

2003-

Mem­ber of the Board of Bar Exa­mi­ners

2006-

Hono­rary Pro­fes­sor, Penal Law Depart­ment, Faculty of Law and Poli­ti­cal Sci­en­ces of the Páz­mány Péter Catho­lic Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest

2012-

Asso­ci­a­te Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Cri­mi­nal Law, Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­nal Sci­en­ces, Faculty of Law Enfor­ce­ment, Nati­o­nal Uni­ver­sity of Pub­lic Ser­vi­ce, Buda­pest

2015-

Head of Depart­ment, Depart­ment of Cri­mi­nal Law, Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­nal Sci­en­ces, Faculty of Law Enfor­ce­ment, Nati­o­nal Uni­ver­sity of Pub­lic Ser­vi­ce, Buda­pest

2016

Habi­li­ta­ti­on in Law (Faculty of Law and Poli­ti­cal Sci­en­ces of the Páz­mány Péter Catho­lic Uni­ver­sity, Buda­pest)

2017

Uni­ver­sity pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Cri­mi­nal Law, Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­nal Sci­en­ces, Faculty of Law Enfor­ce­ment, Nati­o­nal Uni­ver­sity of Pub­lic Ser­vi­ce, Buda­pest

 

Mem­ber­ship in sci­en­ti­fic panels and asso­ci­a­tions: Sci­en­ti­fic Board of the Nati­o­nal Ins­ti­tu­te of Cri­mi­no­logy, Hun­ga­ri­an Aca­demy of Sci­en­ces Com­mit­tee of Law and Poli­ti­cal Sci­en­ces Sub­com­mit­tee of Penal Enfor­ce­ment, Nati­o­nal Uni­ver­sity of Pub­lic Ser­vi­ce (NKE Ludovi­ca /Ludovica UPS) Doc­tor­al Scho­ol of Law Enfor­ce­ment Doc­tor­al Com­mit­tee. 

Mem­ber­ship in edi­to­ri­al boards of sci­en­ti­fic peri­o­di­cals: Acta Hum­a­na, Bel­ügyi Szem­le, Euró­pai Jog, Ügyész­sé­gi Szemle/Acta Hum­a­na, Home Affa­irs Review, Euro­pe­an Law, Pro­se­cu­ti­on Ser­vi­ce Review

Num­ber of sci­en­ti­fic pub­li­ca­tions as aut­hors accord­ing to the Hun­ga­ri­an Sci­en­ti­fic Bib­lio­gra­phy Data­ba­se (mtmt.hu): 35 books, 90 sci­en­ti­fic peri­o­di­cal artic­les, 89 book excerpts, in total 253 sci­en­ti­fic and edu­ca­ti­o­nal pub­li­ca­tions in Hun­ga­ri­an and forei­gn lan­gu­a­ges.

Inter­na­ti­o­nal sci­en­ti­fic and pro­fes­si­o­nal care­er

1988-

Mem­ber of the Inter­na­ti­o­nal Asso­ci­a­ti­on of Penal Law

1990

Lead­ing Nati­o­nal Rap­port­eur for Hun­gary in the field of crime pre­vent­ion and treat­ment of offen­ders, Uni­ted Nations

1991

Mem­ber of the Expert Wor­king Group and of the Com­mit­tee on the Pro­tec­ti­on of the Envi­ron­ment thro­ugh Cri­mi­nal Law in the Coun­cil of Euro­pe (CPEC, Coun­cil of Euro­pe)

1992

Elec­ted Mem­ber of the Com­mit­tee for Indi­vi­du­al Cri­mi­no­log­i­cal Rese­arch Fel­lowsh­ips (ICRF) of the Coun­cil of Euro­pe

1995

Mem­ber of the Coun­cil of Euro­pe Com­mit­tee dea­ling with cor­rupt­ion (MGCP, Coun­cil of Euro­pe)

1997

Found­ing Mem­ber of the Euro­pe­an Net­work of Ombuds­men for Child­ren

2004-2006

Mem­ber of Direc­tora­te of the Con­fe­ren­ce of Pro­se­cu­tors Gene­ral (CPGE), Coun­cil of Euro­pe

2006-2008

Vice Chair of the Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil of Euro­pe­an Pro­se­cu­tors (CCPE), Coun­cil of Euro­pe

2008-2013

Wor­king Group Mem­ber of the Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil of Euro­pe­an Pro­se­cu­tors (CCPE), Coun­cil of Euro­pe

2011-2012

Pres­ident of the Net­work of Pub­lic Pro­se­cu­tors or equ­i­va­lent ins­ti­tu­tions at the Sup­re­me Judi­ci­al Courts of the Mem­ber Sta­tes of the Euro­pe­an Union

2014-

Hono­rary Pres­ident of the Cri­mi­nal Law Rese­arch Cen­ter (Shang­hai Aca­demy of Soci­al Sci­en­ces, Shang­hai)

2016-

Guest pro­fes­sor at the Shang­hai Aca­demy of Soci­al Sci­en­ces Ins­ti­tu­te of Law (SASS)

2022-

Wor­king Group Mem­ber of the Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil of Euro­pe­an Pro­se­cu­tors (CCPE)

 

Care­er Awards

1981

Hig­her Edu­ca­ti­on Stu­dents’ Award

1989

Com­men­da­ti­on for Effi­ci­ent Work, gran­ted by the Minis­ter of Cul­tu­re

2010

Kozma Sán­dor Award, gran­ted by the Pro­se­cu­tor Gene­ral