The State Judicial Council, in the Croatian legal system, is a special body of the judicial authority, which is in the mandate of appointing, dismissing judges and deciding on their disciplinary responsibility. In the Republic of Croatia, in law about the State Judicial Council from 1993 and the Constitution from 2000, the Italian model was accepted. The council is composed of distinguished judges, state attorneys, attorneys, and university professors of legal sciences. Such a system of appointment of judges in modern democratic political systems is generally considered desirable from the point of view of the principle of the division of authority, ie independence of the judiciary in relation to executive and legislative. The State Judicial Council has 11 members, which the Croatian Parliament chooses between the above categories of lawyers for a period of 4 years. All Council members have immunity and stability of the position.