The CCBE Standing Committee met on 2 October 2026 in Brussels, bringing together CCBE member delegations for exchanges on key developments and priorities affecting lawyers across Europe. The CCBE was pleased to welcome Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Acting Director...

#EndangeredLawyers in #Pakistan | The CCBE, together with international legal and human rights organisations, expresses grave concern over the continued arbitrary detention of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, despite...

The CCBE, represented by CCBE Senior Legal Advisor Anna Drozd and CCBE Representative, Maaike Bomers, took part in the first AI Summit organised by the European Judicial Training Network in Riga. The Summit brought together judges, prosecutors, court...

Following her conviction in August, human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung has now been sentenced to seven years and three months’ imprisonment on charges of incitement to subversion under Hong Kong SAR’s national security laws. The CCBE, together with international...

CCBE President Roman Završek joins global Bar leaders at the 39th LAWASIA (The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific) Conference in Seoul, from 14 to 16 September 2026. During the International Bar Leaders Forum, on the theme “Is the Independence...