http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20211105-011230-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/yellow-light-for-disciplining-inconvenient-judges/ Yellow Light for Disciplining Inconvenient Judges? - The ECtHR’s Ambivalent Judgment in Todorova v Bulgaria Vassileva, Radosveta eng 2021-11-04 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Disciplinary Proceeding ECtHR Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The case of the disciplinary proceedings against the Bulgarian judge Miroslava Todorova (Requête no 40072/13) which has recently been examined by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) caught the eye of those following the rule of law decay in the European Union. On the surface, it appears that the recent ECtHR judgment on Todorova’s case is a mere example of the ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ legal maxim – after all, the application was submitted in 2013 and the Court ruled against Bulgaria only in 2021. However, a closer look reveals that the ECtHR found in favor of Bulgaria on the two most worrisome questions.