Joint statement calling for the charges against the Istanbul Bar Association leadership to be dropped (05/01/2026)
Joint statement calling for the charges against the Istanbul Bar Association...
Joint statement condemning the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami (18/12/2025)
Joint statement condemning the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami...
Report on the status of lawyers and the Bar Association in Iran (02/12/2025)
Report on the status of lawyers and the Bar Association in Iran (02/12/2025)
Report on the status of lawyers and the Bar...
About European Lawyers Day
In 2014, the CCBE introduced the idea of coordinating an annual Europe-wide event that would encourage its member bars and law societies to organise national and local...
Joint statement on the crackdown against the independence of lawyers in Bangladesh under the interim government (05/11/2025)
Joint statement on the crackdown against the independence of lawyers in...
Joint statement on Hoda Abdelmoniem Seven Years Behind Bars Despite Deteriorating Health (03/11/2025)
Joint statement on Hoda Abdelmoniem Seven Years Behind Bars Despite Deteriorating Health...
The CCBE is currently seeking to recruit a Communications Officer
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is looking for a Communications Officer to enhance our strategic...
CCBE Statement on the situation of Turkish lawyers and the challenges facing the European Court of Human Rights (19/09/2025)
CCBE Statement on the situation of Turkish lawyers and the challenges...
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European Lawyers Foundation
The European lawyers foundation: an organisation for the benefit of Bars and Lawyers of the EU
