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The CCBE has said that that attacks against the legal profession now take place in countries where a certain level of respect for the rule of law exists, including EU or Council of Europe member states.
In its end-of-year newsletter, body has reiterated its support Council of Europe work for the establishment of a new legal instrument on the profession of lawyer.
The CCBE has welcomed the recent decision of the Council of Europe to set up a new committee on the protection of lawyers to draft the new legal instrument.
Binding
The organisation believes that there is a clear need for adopting a new binding legal instrument on the profession of lawyer “accompanied by an implementation mechanism in order to guarantee the proper administration of justice and the respect of the rule of law”.
The goal of the legal instrument will be to strengthen the protection of the profession of lawyer and the right to practise the profession without prejudice or restraint.
The CCBE believes that none of the existing non-binding instruments cover comprehensively all the issues such as:
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https://www.ccbe.eu/actions/european-convention-on-the-profession-of-lawyer/
https://rm.coe.int/eng-examen-de-faisabilite-d-un-instrument-juridque-europeen-couv-texte/1680a22790
https://www.ccbe.eu/fr/actions/convention-europeenne-sur-la-profession-davocat/ (FRANCAIS)
Read the last CCBE newsletter of 2021, including a special focus on #HumanRights and recent CCBE position papers and activities.
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— CCBE (@CCBEinfo) December 20, 2021
— CCBE (@CCBEinfo) December 20, 2021
Continuing our celebrations of #EuropeanLawyersDay & #EuropeanDayOfJustice
David Conlan Smyth SC, Chair @EUBA15, discusses the need for a binding European Convention on the Profession of Lawyer. pic.twitter.com/aFM69YXOcD
— The Bar of Ireland (@TheBarofIreland) October 25, 2021
The CCBE reiterates the crucial need for a European Convention on the Profession of Lawyer and stresses the importance of accompanying this new legal instrument by an implementation mechanism to ensure its effectiveness.
— CCBE (@CCBEinfo) October 12, 2021
