Ivan Petrov Petrov
Education, diplomas and other qualifications
-Higher education in law at the Law Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski "
-J.D., Ph.D. in criminal procedure law;
-Associate Professor of Criminal procedure law at the Law faculty of SWU "Neophyte Rilski" – Blagoevgrad
-Professor of criminal procedural law - Remote center of Veliko Turnovo University in Plovdiv
-Professor at the National Institute for Training of Magistrates;
Specializations:
- "Administration of the tax courts" - the Agency for International Development, Washington, USA;
- "Economic crimes" in the "Jesus College", Cambridge, England;
- "Administration of the U.S. Courts," State Department, Washington, USA;
- "Economic crimes related to new technologies" under the "Octopus" of the Council of Europe, Madrid, Spain;
- "European Union Law" T.M.S. Asser Institute, The Hague, Netherlands;
- "Intellectual Property" - Ministry of Commerce, USA;
- "Money laundering" to the Financial Intelligence Unit of the U.S.;
- "International police and judicial cooperation" T.M.S. Asser Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
- "Legal Cooperation in Southeastern Europe", Centre for European Constitutional Law, Athens, Greece
- "Human Trafficking" to the International Organization for Migration, The Hague, Netherlands;
Professional and other activities:
- Trainee judge in District Court - Blagoevgrad;
- Junior prosecutor in the Regional Prosecutor’ Office Sandanski;
- Deputy Regional Prosecutor Sandanski;
- Sandanski Regional Prosecutor;
- District Attorney Blagoevgrad;
- Prosecutor of Appeal Sofia;
- Attorney Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Sofia
- member of the Appeal Committee of the Bulgarian Football Union;
- Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the BFU;.;
- Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee;
- Representative of Bulgaria to Committee of Experts on the “Role of prosecutors in the criminal justice system / PC-PR /” to the European Committee on Crime Problems / SDRS /, Council of Europe;
- Representative of Bulgaria to the Committee of Experts on the “Protection of witnesses in cases of terrorist acts” of the Council of Europe;
- Founder and President of the Association of Prosecutors in Bulgaria;
- Board Member of the Association of Prosecutors in Bulgaria;
- Member of the Public Council of "Legal Initiative for Training and Development";
- Member of the International Association of Prosecutors;
Publications:
8 books:
- "Compulsory medical measures";
- "Procedure for application of compulsory medical measures";
- "Problems of combating trafficking of women and forced prostitution";
- "The fight against corruption by the Council of Europe";
- "Prosecutors in Europe";
- "Crimes in the Information Age";
- "International Legal Problems of crimes against children";
- "Protection of witnesses in the Member States of the Council of Europe".
- 25 articles in juridical magazines;