International conference in Sofia, November 16, 2018, organized by MEDEL /Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés/ and the Bulgarian Judges Association.
The conference guests were Mr. Kees Sterk – President of the European Judicial Council Network, Mr. Filipe Marques – President of the Board of MEDEL, Mr. Gabriele Fiorentino – Judge at Tribunale di Roma, Deputy Secretary General of the Italian High Council of the Judiciary, Professor Hans Petter Graver – Oslo University, Author of the book “Judges against Justice”, Professor Jacek Barcik – University of Silesia in Katowice, Judge Lozan Panov – President of the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation, Mrs. Zdravka Kalaydjieva – Bulgarian Judge at ECHR /2008 – 2015/, Mr. Kalin Kalpakchiev – Judge at Sofia Appellate Court, Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Bulgaria /2011 – 2016/, Judge Atanas Atanasov – Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Judges Association, ambassadors, judges, journalists, NGO’s represenatatives