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
Intervention de Frédéric Krenc, Juge à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
News article about the interventions of Christophe Poirel, Director of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and Christoph Henrichs, Vice-Chair of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)
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