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International Scientific Conference “Protection against Discrimination in Bulgaria, in Europe and in the world”

April 19-20, 2024

New Bulgarian University, Sofia

     The conference celebrates the 20^th anniversary of the entry into force of the Protection against Discrimination Act in Bulgaria. The academic community of New Bulgarian University and of other universities in Bulgaria and abroad will discuss in an interdisciplinary scientific forum the legal, political, philosophical, sociological and other aspect of the protection against discrimination. Representatives of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, of other public authorities and of NGOs, active in the area, will join the discussion.

            Hybrid format of participation:

• Face to face at New Bulgarian University
• Online (zoom)

Languages: English, Bulgarian, Russian

Programme: LINK.

Important Dates:

• Deadline for registration: March 1^st, 2024
• Deadline for papers: May 31^st, 2024

Email for questions, registration and papers:

discrimination_conference_2024@yahoo.com

Registration form: LINK 

Any paper submitted to our conference should not have been submitted and/or published elsewhere. The volume with papers will be published by the Publishing House of New Bulgarian University.

Guidelines for conference papers: LINK

Organizing Committee at New Bulgarian University:

Professor Ekaterina Mihaylova, PhD

Associate Professor Ivaylo Staykov, D. Sc.

Associate Professor Deyana Marcheva, PhD

Associate Professor Katerina Yocheva, PhD

Associate Professor Ralitza Kostadinova, PhD

Associate Professor Silvia Tsoneva, PhD

Chief Assistant Profesor Maria Chochova, PhD

International Scientific and Review Committee:

Professor Blagoy Vidin, PhD, former head of the department of Law at New Bulgarian University and former member of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, Bulgaria

Professor Ekaterina Mateeva, D. Sc., Law Faculty of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and department of Law at New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria

Professor Malina Novkirishka, D. Sc., Law Faculty of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and department of Law at New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria

Professor Krassimira Sredkova, PhD, head of Bulgarian Labour Law and Social Security Association, Bulgaria

Professor Martin Belov, PhD, Law Faculty of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria

Professor Sacha Garben, PhD, College of Europe, European Legal Studies Department, Bruges, Belgium

Professor Emilia Mišćenić, PhD, S.J.D. (KFU Graz), LL.M. (Saarland), Institute of European and Private International Law, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Croatia

Professor Ljubinka Kovačević, PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Deputy Head of the Department of Public Law, Serbia

Professor Aleksandar Ristovski, PhD, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Faculty of Law „Justinian I“, North Macedonia

Professor Ţop Dănuţi Cristin, PhD, Valahia University of Târgoviste, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Institute of Legal Research of the Romanian Academy, Romania

Professor María Teresa Velasco Portero, PhD, Loyola University Andalusia, Department of Law, Spain

Professor Nikita Lyutov, D. Sc., Maqsut Narikbayev University KAZGUU, Astana, Kazakhstan

Associate Professor Olena Rym, PhD, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Department of Social Law, Ukraine

Associate Professor Hisham Jadallah Mansour Shakhatreh, PhD, Jadara University, Faculty of Law, Jordan