Specialist committees and working groups made up of experts appointed by the national delegations discuss and develop policy papers on a wide range of areas affecting the European legal profession.
Human Rights Committee
This committee mainly deals with issues related to the protection of the profession of lawyers worldwide in order to preserve the independence and integrity of the administration of justice and the rule of law. In this context, it deals with, among other things, the selection procedure for the CCBE Human Rights Award and the organisation of the CCBE Amicus Curiae Contest. It also collaborates with several national, regional and international organisations in support of endangered lawyers.
Members
PORTA
Barbara
Italy
ROQUES
Laurence
France
ROOSBEEK
Nathan
SORRENTINO
Gaia
Walkila
Sonya
KYNAST
Britta
Austria
SCHUSZTER
Michael
Austria
HAENECOUR
Olivier
Belgium
HEYMANS
Johan
Belgium
MOONS
Nico
Belgium
HRISTOVA
Eli
Bulgaria
Stephanou
Georgia
Cyprus
BALIK
Stanislav
Czech Republic
NOVAK
Jiri
Czech Republic
Christoffersen
Jonas
Denmark
AYTAC
Rusen
France
BOUYSSOU
Jacques
France
DEVRED
Justine
France
Muehl-Jaeckel
Margarete
Germany
ANAGNOSTAKIS
Alexis
Greece
EFSTATHIOS
Analytis
Greece
POLLALIS
Ilias
Greece
KOPAR
Bernadett
Hungary
LYNN
Michael
Ireland
O’DONOGHUE
Mary
Ireland
ADAMI
Davide
Italy
ARNAU
Leonardo
Italy
GIOVENE DI GIRASOLE
Roberto
Italy
JAEGER
Guilia
Luxembourg
LANOUE
S
Luxembourg
KLIMA-PIOTROWSKA
Natalia
Poland
TURSKI
Jakub
Poland
ROQUE FIGUEIREDO
Lara
Portugal
Krivák
Martin
Slovak Republic
Záthurecký
Michal
Slovak Republic
ALVAREZ CIORDIA
Berta
Spain
DOHERTY
Fiona
United Kingdom
FISHER
Tony
United Kingdom
LONG
Debra
United Kingdom
Documents
CCBE response to the European Commission call for evidence and consultation EU Civil Society Strategy (03/09/2025)
CCBE response to the European Commissions call for evidence on the 2026-2030 gender equality strategy (30/07/2025)
CCBE response to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (06/12/2021)
CCBE Comments on the Pilot Judgment Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights (24/06/2010)
CCBE Position on the European Commission Proposal for a Council Regulation Establishing an EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (23/02/2006)
CCBE response to the Communication from the Commission on the creation of a Fundamental Rights Agency (22/12/2004)
CCBE Position on the organisation of the defence before the International Criminal Court (12/04/2002)
Joint letter calling for the halt of the unfair trial and release of lawyer Xie Yang (28/08/2025)
Letter to the President of the Republic of Poland regarding adopted amendments to the Polish Act on the National Council of the Judiciary and the Act Law on Common Cou...
Turkey: Following the tragic death of lawyer Ebru Timtik, the CCBE calls on the EU and Turkish authorities to take urgent measures to prevent the death of lawyer AytaÃ...
Turkey: Independence, integrity and freedom of expression of the legal profession at stake (29/06/2020)
The CCBE expresses its shock over the murder of Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum (18/09/2019)
Endangered lawyers
Threats to the Legal Profession (2019)
CCBE report on threatening behaviour and aggression towards lawyers (2024)
The European Court of Human Rights Questions Answers for Lawyers (23/04/2014)
CCBE recommandations for Stockholm Programme (16/10/2009)
CCBE statement condemning stigmatisation of and threats to immigration lawyers (04/04/2025)
Joint statement on Amicus Curiae Brief for ISBA (08/09/2025)
Joint statement on lawyer Xu Zhiyong's hunger strike over inhumane treatment in Lunan prison (12/11/2024)
Joint statement on the arbitrary detention of lawyers at the Kinshasa-Gombe Bar Association (11/08/2025)
Joint Statement by the International Legal and Human Rights Community on the Actions Against the Istanbul Bar Association (28/01/2025)
Joint Statement - Urgent Call for the release and adequate treatment of chinese human rights lawyer Li Yuhan (09/10/2023)
Joint Statement on International Fair Trial Day on Mexico (26/09/2023)
Joint Statement in support of Guatemalan lawyer Claudia Gonzalez condemning her detention and calling for her immediate release (06/09/2023)
Joint Statement - Urgent Call to Lift Travel Restrictions and Safeguard Human Rights of Li Heping and his Family (22/06/203)
Joint statement condemning the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami (18/12/2025)
Joint statement calling to end the judicial persecution of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha (01/12/2025)
Joint statement on the detention of lawyer Ramon Cadena (14/11/2025)
Joint statement on the crackdown against the independence of lawyers in Bangladesh under the interim government (05/11/2025)
Joint statement on Hoda Abdelmoniem Seven Years Behind Bars Despite Deteriorating Health (03/11/2025)
Joint statement on the reported tortured of Chinese lawyer Zhang Wenpeng while in detention (31/10/2025)
Joint statement on the travel ban and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei (21/10/2025)
CCBE Statement on the situation of Turkish lawyers and the challenges facing the European Court of Human Rights (19/09/2025)
Urgent appeal on critical health of Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim (16/09/2025)
Deep Concern over incident involving lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi in Angola (05/09/2025)
Joint statement on disbarment and reprisals against Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yamon (03/09/2025)
Joint statement on "Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression" (07/07/2025)
Joint oral statement on the persecution of lawyers in Crimea (04/07/2025)
Joint statement on the unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession in Turkey (01/07/2025)
Joint Statement on the arrest and detention of lawyer Ruken Gülağacı (27/05/2025)
CCBE Statement in support of the Istanbul Bar Association (16/05/2025)
Joint statement on the arrest and enforced disappearance of Sudanese lawyer Khaled Omar Al-Sadiq (09/05/2025)
Joint statement on the sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei (06/05/2025)
Joint statement calling for the urgent release of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and activist Xu Yan (12/11/2024)
Joint statement calling for the release of lawyer Hoda Abdelmonem (31/10/2024)
Joint Statement for arrested and detained Sudanese Lawyer Montaser Abdullah (28/10/2024)
Joint Statement calling for the universal abolition of the death penalty (10/10/2024)
Joint statement following the sentencing of lawyer Sonia Dahmani (11/09/2024)
Joint statement on the continued detention of Sonia Dahmani (10/09/2024)
Joint Statement on the disbarment Aleksey Ladin (02/08/2024)
CCBE statement on the situation of lawyers in Tunisia (17/05/2024)
Joint Statement: The Philippines attacks against lawyers escalating (17/09/2019)
UIA - AIJA - CCBE Joint Statement Situation of Lawyers in Iran (25/06/2019)
Joint Statement on the situation of lawyers in Turkey (05/04/2019)
Statement of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) on the ongoing crackdown against lawyers in Turkey (05/04/2018)
Statement of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) related to the murder of Ján Kuciak and Martina KuÅ¡nÃrová (05/03/2018)
Resolution of the Plenary Session of Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (24/11/2017)
Joint Statement by lawyers judges and journalists on the ongoing crackdown on the rule of law in Turkey (05/04/2017)
Joint Statement on Fair Trial (23/03/2017)
Joint Statement on the possible reinstatement of the death penalty in Turkey (20/10/2016)
Statement Death Penalty (10/10/2016)
CCBE Statement on the European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (July 2013)
CCBE Resolution on the Fight against the Death Penalty (31/03/2006)
CCBE Statement on the balance between security and justice in anti terrorist legislation (19/11/2005)
CCBE Resolution on Human Rights and the Rule of Law (27/11/2004)