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European Convention on the Profession of Lawyer:
A guarantee for the proper administration of justice and the respect of the Rule of Law


About the Convention

The CCBE supports the Council of Europe’s ongoing work on the drafting of a Convention on the profession of lawyer. The purpose of the Convention is to strengthen the Rule of Law and, in so doing, the protection of lawyers whose work is fundamental to the administration of justice and the protection of fundamental rights. Indeed, attacks on the role of lawyers have increased in recent years. Harassment, threats, imprisonment, surveillance, enforced disappearances and murders of lawyers continue to occur in many Council of Europe States, and are even on the rise in some of them. A new instrument is now needed to ensure the effective protection of the profession of lawyer, whose mission is crucial for access to justice and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the rights of the defence and the guarantees of a fair trial.

The CCBE has set up a working group specifically dedicated to this issue.

Webpage of the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV) of the Council of Europe




Links to relevant documents:

Documents relating to the European Convention on the Profession of Lawyer

  

Council of Europe documents


Documents relating to the Profession of Lawyer in general