Born on 27 December 1965, in Sofia, Bulgaria

• Master of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sofia, 1991
• Lawyer, registered with the Sofia Bar Association, 1993
• Development and implementation of a training program for Bulgarian judges on the application of the European Convention on Human Rights, Council of Europe, 1991-2001
• Founding member, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Sofia, 1992-2013
• Founding member of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, 1993-2013
• LL.M. (Master of Law), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995
• Founding member of the Board, Access to Information Foundation, Sofia, 1996 and 2002
• Member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the European Roma Rights Centre, 1998-2010
• Member of the Board, Media Development Center, Sofia, 2000-2003
• Member of the Board, Open Society Institute, Sofia, 2001-2004
• Lecturer and trainer for extensive training meant for practising lawyers on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, since 2001
• Member of the Board, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest, 2002-2006
• Head of a working group with the task of drafting a strategy for institutional reform aimed at improving the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria, 2007-2008
• Member of a working group drafting the first legal aid legislation, 2009
• Chair of the Board and founding member, Risk Monitor, Sofia, 2009-2015
• Member of the Board, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights, 2009-2013
• Member of the Board, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, 2011-2015
• Development and implementation of a web-based training course for practising lawyers, Council of Europe, 2012-2013
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 13 April 2015
• Vice-President of Section from 13 August 2018 to 12 August 2019
• President of Section from 18 May 2020 to 17 May 2022.