| Birth Name: | Jana Verčíková |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Žilina, Czechoslovakia |
| Office: | Minister of Justice |
| Primeminister: | Ľudovít Ódor |
| Termstart: | 15 May 2023 |
| Term End: | 25 October 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Viliam Karas |
| Successor: | Boris Susko |
| Office1: | Member of the National Council |
| Termstart1: | 8 July 2010 |
| Termend1: | 28 March 2012 |
| Party: | SDKÚ-DS |
| Education: | Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University |
| Children: | 5 |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, judge, politician |
| Successor2: | Mária Patakyová |
| Predecessor2: | Pavel Kandráč |
| Termstart2: | 28 March 2012 |
| Termend2: | 28 March 2017 |
| Office2: | Former Public Defender of Rights |
| President: | Zuzana Čaputová |
Jana Dubovcová (born 22 June 1952)[1] is a Slovak lawyer and politician. From May to October 2023 she served as the Minister of Justice. Previously, she was the ombudsperson and a judge. She was a deputy Member of the National Council from 2010 to 2012.
Jana Dubovcová, née Jana Verčíková,[2] was born on 22 June 1952 in Žilina.[3] She studied law at the Comenius University, graduating in 1977.
During her tenure as a judge she earned recognition from the Transparency International a champion of transparency, who was often critical of her fellow judges. Because of this, she faced accusations of politicizing the courts.[4]
In 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, she gained an MP seat on the list of Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She did not serve the entire term as on 28 March 2012 she was elected ombudsman.[5]
As an ombudsman, Dubovcová became known for defending the rights of the Romani residents of a settlement Budulovská nearby the town of Moldava nad Bodvou, who were brutalized by the police.[6] [7] She also criticized the decrease of social transfers for the poor.[8] For her activities as an ombudsman, she received the Human Rights Defender prize from the US embassy.[9]
In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election Dubovcová ran on the joint list of Progressive Slovakia and SPOLU, which narrowly failed to pass the parliament representation threshold.[10]
On 15 May 2023, the president Zuzana Čaputová installed Dubovcová as the Minister of Justice in her technocratic government.[11]