Gordan Kalajdjiev PhD

Born on 10 January 1962 in Skopje, Macedonia, prof. Kalajdjiev holds a PhD in Criminal Law from the Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
He is a full-time professor of Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Justice, Comparative Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, Philosophy of Law and International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law within the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and also teaches at the Police Academy in Skopje and the Academy for of Judges and Prosecutors in Skopje.
He was the project leader in the reform process of the criminal justice system in Macedonia and is a member of the Council for the Reform of the Judiciary at the Ministry of Justice. In addition to having taken part in the drafting of several statutes such as the Law on Courts, the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Law on Public Prosecution, the Law on Expert Witnesses, etc., he is the author of more than 200 published papers and articles on issues of criminal law and procedure, police powers and human rights.
Prof. Kalajdjiev is a distinguished member of the NGO community and currently the President of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia.
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