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 deals with, among other things, the selection procedure for the CCBE Human Rights Award as well as initiatives in support of endangered lawyers worldwide and cooperates with other lawyers’ organisations involved in this area through its network “Defense of the defenders”..
Members
WITKOWSKA
Magdalena
Poland
ROOSBEEK
Nathan
SCHUSZTER
Michael
Austria
HENRY
Patrick
Belgium
HEYMANS
Johan
Belgium
HRISTOVA
Eli
Bulgaria
BALIK
Stanislav
Czech Republic
NOVAK
Jiri
Czech Republic
Christoffersen
Jonas
Denmark
HEMMER
Per
Denmark
ASTRUC-GAVALDA
Patricia
France
AYTAC
Rusen
France
BOUYSSOU
Jacques
France
MÜHL-JÄCKEL
Margarete
Germany
ANAGNOSTAKIS
Alexis
Greece
EFSTATHIOS
Analytis
Greece
POLLALIS
Ilias
Greece
KOPAR
Bernadett
Hungary
LEE
Gary
Ireland
O'SULLIVAN
Joseph
Ireland
BELLONI
Silvia
Italy
CAIA
Francesco
Italy
GIOVENE DI GIRASOLE
Roberto
Italy
VILLARI
Giovanni
Italy
LANOUE
S
Luxembourg
BZDYN
Agata
Poland
KLIMA-PIOTROWSKA
Natalia
Poland
METELSKA
Justyna
Poland
SLAZAK
Maria
Poland
ROQUE FIGUEIREDO
Lara
Portugal
DOHERTY
Fiona
United Kingdom
LONG
Debra
United Kingdom
STOJNIC
Petra
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)


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 Ayta...


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)


The European Court of Human Rights Questions Answers for Lawyers (23/04/2014)




CCBE recommandations for Stockholm Programme (16/10/2009)


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: 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 Kušnírová (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)

