Bulgaria's Constitutional Court will host an international conference in Sofia to mark its 35th anniversary, the court said. Delegations from constitutional courts in 31 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa are expected to attend. See our original report: Constitutional Court gathers judges from 31 countries for Sofia conference.

The theme is "The role of constitutional courts in safeguarding the rule of law". Pavlina Panova, president of the Constitutional Court, will open the conference.

Four people will give welcome speeches: Venice Commission vice-president Eirik Holmøyvik, Alexander Kornezov, a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Mariyana Kancheva, a judge at the General Court of the European Union, and Diana Kovacheva, a judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

The participants will then discuss the make-up and independence of constitutional courts, how other state bodies carry out their rulings, and how the courts work in times of crisis.