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On 24 April 2026, a Bulgarian–Chinese academic seminar dedicated to whitecollar crime in Bulgaria and China was held. The event brought together scholars from the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), faculty members from the Law…
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The Department of Criminal Law at the Institute for the State and the Law has the pleasure of inviting you to the scientific seminar "White-Collar Crime in a Global Context: Comparative Perspectives from China and Bulgaria", which will be held in a hybrid format (in person and online) on…
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The Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announces admission of full-time and part-time doctoral students for the 2025 – 2026 academic year in accordance with Decision No. 394 of the Council of Ministers of 18 June 2025 (State Gazette, No. 24 of 6 March 2026). Doctoral programmes Number of doctoral students and form of study International Law and…
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The Institute for the State and the Law at BAS has the pleasure of inviting you to the public lecture by Prof. Gergana Marinova, DSc, on the topic "The Principle of Inner Conviction in Bulgarian Criminal Procedure". The lecture will be held within the framework of the Permanent Seminar of the scholars and doctoral students …
Deadline for submission of documents: 11 February 2026
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Opening of an international conference dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Convention.
The European Convention on Human Rights is an expression of legal humanism, but also a barrier against totalitarianism, a shield for preventing the harms of the past and of new threats. This was stated by the Director of the Institute for the State and the Law, Prof. Irena Ilieva, PhD, at the opening of an international…
The fundamental principles of the UN Charter must be rethought
The fundamental principles of the UN Charter should be reconsidered in the 21st century. Scholars united around this idea during a conference on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the world organisation. It was organised by the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of…
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The Institute for the State and the Law at BAS has the pleasure of inviting you to a public lecture by Grzegorz Skowronek, Deputy Director of the Institute of Legal Sciences and Assoc. prof. at the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, on the topic "Gambling at the Crossroad of Law, Penal Fiscal…
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The Institute for the State and the Law by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is organizing a one-day international academic forum titled “Conference dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the Signing of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental…
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The Institute for the State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is organizing a one-day international scientific conference titled “Conference on the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Organization of the United Nations”, which will take place…
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As part of our traditional seminar, Assoc. Prof. Paunita Petrova, PhD, will deliver a public lecture on "International Legal Protection of Social Rights – Development, Content and Specialisation". Venue: the meeting room of the ISL. Date: 30 April 2025, 17.30