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
Walkila
Sonya
KYNAST
Britta
Austria
SCHUSZTER
Michael
Austria
HENRY
Patrick
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
SORRENTINO
Gaia
Italy
JAEGER
Guilia
Luxembourg
LANOUE
S
Luxembourg
KLIMA-PIOTROWSKA
Natalia
Poland
TURSKI
Jakub
Poland
ROQUE FIGUEIREDO
Lara
Portugal
DOHERTY
Fiona
United Kingdom
LONG
Debra
United Kingdom
MERCER KC
Hugh
United Kingdom
Documents
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)
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)
Joint statement on lawyer Xu Zhiyong's hunger strike over inhumane treatment in Lunan prison (12/11/2024)
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 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)