Radka Stoyanova is a prosecutor at the Sofia Regional Prosecution Office, ranked as Prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecution Office of Cassation.
She used to work as an investigator with the Special Economic Section of the Sofia Investigation Office (SIO) and also as a Director of Seventh Territorial Section of SIO.
From 2001 to 2010, she taught Forensic Science at the Department of Criminal law of the Ministry of Interior Academy, and between 2006 and 2009 – Public Relations of the Judiciary at the Faculty of Journalism of Sofia University ‘St. Clement of Ochrid’. Since 2008, she has been teaching at the National Institute of Justice.
Radka Stoyanova is a highly appreciated expert in the field of juvenile criminal justice and the status of children in the criminal trial, experienced in researching and trainings for magistrates in the matter. She has been an expert and consultant on national and international projects on strengthening the capacity of the judiciary and improving the legislation concerning rights of the child, counteraction of fraud and financial crimes in the European Union and harmonisation of the national criminal and criminal procedural law with the international law.
Co-founder and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Justice Development Foundation.
As a Foundation expert, Radka Stoyanova researches legislation and case law and provides trainings of police officers, prosecutors and judges in the field of crime-related risk factors, organised crime, human trafficking and protection of victims of grave crimes against persons. Her interests are primarily directed towards the status of children in trials and protection of the rights of the victims in criminal procedures.