Judge Ekaterina TRENDAFILOVA (Bulgaria)

Judge as of 11 March 2006, for a term of nine years. Currently Assigned to the Pre-Trial Division. Elected from the Group of Eastern European States, list A.

As a judge of the International Criminal Court, Judge Trendafilova (1953) served as the Judge of Pre-Trial Chambers II and III. Judge Trendafilova was the Presiding Judge in proceedings in the situations of the Central African Republic and the Republic of Kenya, respectively in the cases of: the Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo; the Prosecutor v. William Ruto et al.; and the Prosecutor v. Francis Muthuara et al.

Prior to assuming her office at the Court, Judge Trendafilova advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the establishment of the International Criminal Court and served as an expert to the Ministry of Justice and the Parliament of Bulgaria where she chaired the Criminal Division of the Legislative Consultative Council. She chaired the working group which prepared the reform of the Bulgarian criminal procedure in line with European and international standards for efficient administration of justice and protection of human rights (1998-1999). Judge Trendafilova was a deputy district attorney at Sofia District Court (1985-1989) and joined the Bar of Bulgaria in 1995. She represented Bulgaria at the UN Commission for Crime and Criminal Justice (1992-1994). She is a member of the Bulgarian Union of lawyers and a member of the Bulgarian Union of Scholars. Judge Trendafilova was also a Professor of Criminal Justice at Sofia University since completing her PhD in 1984. She has extensive experience in criminal law, criminal procedural law, international criminal law and human rights. She has published widely in the field of human rights law, international criminal procedural law, procedural law and constitutional law.