DOBRINKA IVANOVA CHANKOVA

Nationality: Bulgarian
Educational
background:
Sofia University, Faculty of Law, 1987, M.Sc.
Post-graduate
student in Criminology, Sofia University, 1988-1991
Specialization in
Documents Expert Investigation, Sofia, Institute of Criminology,
1991-1992
Specialization The
Development of Parliamentary Institutions in Eastern Europe- United States Congress, Washington, 1993
Ph.D. in Law- 1993
Traineeship in
the Directorate of Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg,
1994
Courses in the Law
of European Integration, the Legal Foundations of Market Economies and the
Protection of Human Rights in Europe, European University Institute,
Florence, 1994
Summer School
in English Legal Methods, University of Cambridge, 1995
Courses in European
Integration, Civil Service College, London, 1995
Summer University on Minority Rights, Central European University, Budapest, 1996
Summer Academy, European Forum -Alpbach, Austria, 1997
International
Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-building Training Program-Austrian Study
Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolutions-Stadtschlaining, Austria, 1997
Summer Academy on Conflict Resolution Stadtschlaining, Austria, 1999
Study visit to
HEUNI-The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated
with the United Nations, Helsinki, 2000
Specialization on
Conflict Resolution, Columbia University- New York, 2003
Present
position:
Associate
Professor on Criminal Procedure Law
and Human Rights, Faculty of Law and History, South-Western University Blagoevgrad
Associate Professor
on Mediation in Penal Matters, New Bulgarian University -
Sofia
Previous
experience:
Member of the Council of Legislation, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of
Bulgaria, 1995-1997
Expert at
the Human Rights Committee,
National Assembly of the
Republic of Bulgaria,
1992-1994
Judge-assistant
at Stara Zagora District Court -1987-1988
Activities
in civic, public or international
affairs:
Chair of the
Institute for Conflict Resolution
Member of the
European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice, Conflict Resolution Center International
& Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
International
Supervisor, OSCE Missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1998 and to Kosovo, 2001
Expert at the Council of Europe Committee on mediation in penal matters- 1995-1997
Permanent
Secretary of Bulgaria-EU Sub-Committee on Approximation of Bulgarian
Legislation to the EC Law- 1996-1997
Legal expert
at NGOs in Crime Prevention and
Human Rights field
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