Mato Tadić (born 15 August 1952 in Vuksic,Brčko) is a former judge of theConstitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He declared ethnic affiliation as aBosnian Croat.
Tadić graduated from theSarajevo Law School and began his career with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office inBrčko, first as a law-clerk and, after passing the bar exam in 1978, as deputy public prosecutor and then public prosecutor.[1]
In 1991, Tadić was appointed as deputy public prosecutor of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He remained in that position until the outbreak of war. During the war, he remained shortly on the Brčko front and then in 1993 he moved toOrašje. At the beginning of 1994, he left forMostar and afterward to Sarajevo where he served asminister of justice within the government of theRepublic and then theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina until the end of 1998. He took part in the peace talks atDayton, Ohio which led to theDayton Peace Agreement.[1] Under his lead, the criminal code and criminal procedure code of the Federation entity were reformed in 1998–99 with international support.[2] Around 1998 Tadić was deemed close to the short-livedNew Croatian Initiative party founded byKrešimir Zubak to contrast nationalistHDZ BiH.[3]
In June 1999, Tadić was appointed as a member (judge) of theHuman Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina and, in 2003, he was elected both vice-president and president of the second panel of the Human Rights Chamber.[1]
In 2002, he was appointed judge of theConstitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From May 2003 through to June 2006, he served as first president of the Constitutional Court.[4] In 2015, he was appointed as vicepresident of the Constitutional Court.[1]
In 2006 Tadić was indicted for corruption; as the State Prosecutor's Office did not provide the court with any detail on the accusations, the court decided not to suspend nor dismiss him. He was finally acquitted.[5]
Tadić has published various texts on criminal andconstitutional law, administration and local self-government, and topics relating to theEuropean Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. He has also been a lecturer for the state's Criminal Defence Section (OKO) and for the OSCE Mission to BiH and a participant of numerous national and international conferences.[1]
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