Generálna prokuratúra Slovenskej republiky

Summary

The Generálna prokuratúra Slovenskej republiky (General Prosecutor's Office) is constitutionally established under Art. 149 of the Slovak Constitution and governed by Act No. 153/2001 Z.z. on the Prosecutor's Office. Under §18 of that Act, prosecutors exercise mandatory supervision over all places of deprivation of liberty, including police detention cells and prisons: they have unrestricted access to all spaces, may inspect deprivation-of-liberty documentation, speak privately with detainees, and issue binding written orders for immediate release of unlawfully detained persons or cancellation of unlawful decisions. Under §36–37, prosecutors may summon and compel witness statements and access files and evidence held by police and other public bodies. The General Prosecutor is elected by the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the President's proposal for a seven-year term and may be recalled on statutory grounds. The office has a separate state budget chapter. Prosecutors are career legal officials; there is no civilian composition requirement. The office does not directly impose administrative discipline on individual police or prison officers but may initiate criminal prosecution or issue formal protests requiring agencies to remedy legal violations.