Dr. Stoyan Panov is a lecturer in International Law and Jurisprudence at University College Freiburg, University of Freiburg. He received his PhD (Law) at University of Birmingham (the UK), LL.M. in Leiden University, Georgetown University, and DePauw University.  His research interests cover the areas of EU Law, Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, Public International Law, the Rule of Law, Anti-Corruption mechanisms, and international security.

His current project is entitled “Two Is Not Enough, Three is Too Many?: An Analysis of EU’s Multi-layered Response to the Backsliding of Democracy and the Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe” and primarily concerns the envisaged framework of the triangulation of mechanisms currently planned on EU level as regards the backsliding of the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe:  the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism applicable in Bulgaria since 2007, and the envisaged mechanism to protect EU’s budget in deficiencies as regards the rule of law in Member States.

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