UIA (Internationa Association of Lawyers) has been following the situation of lawyers in the Philippines for a few years. Lawyers have been indeed the target of increasing attacks and are facing an oppressive working environment. At least 42 lawyers and prosecutors have been killed between July 2016 and September 5, 2019 including 24 practicing lawyers….
The FBE Human Rights Commission, not indifferent to the situation observed in Turkey over the years, began the Turkey Trial Observation Project over two years ago. The FBE has expressed its support for the rule of law and freedom of speech in Turkey for many years. Over the past 10 years, six resolutions have been…
A l’invitation de l’ordre national des avocats, les avocats tunisiens organisent le 27 septembre 2019 une journée de colère sur l’ensemble du territoire devant les juridictions du pays. Ce mouvement est mené en protestation contre les déclarations du président de l’Association des Magistrats Tunisiens, qui accuse les avocats du collectif de défense des martyrs, Bélaïd…
The European Bars Federation (FBE), which brings together 250 Bars representing 1 million lawyers, supports its French Bars Associations and colleagues who will demonstrate on Monday, September 16, in Paris, at the call of the French National Bar Council against the draft law Reform on pensions. “Any weakening of the pensions of lawyers threatens access…
We had passion, we had logic, we had statute and precedent, and we had ancient history and philosophy from Greece and Rome. The Young Lawyers Human Rights Oratory Competition of the FBE demonstrated how strong the commitment of young Europeans is to human rights. The competition was held in the Hans Litten House, the offices…
Silvia Giménez-Salinas, dean of the Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona (ICAB) (Barcelona’s Bar Association) between 2005 and 2009 and former first vice president of the FBE, has been appointed president of the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe – FBE during the General Assembly held in Barcelona last Saturday, June 1st, on FBE’s 53rd General Congress….
“The Separation of Powers: a Fundamental Aspect of the Rule of Law” was the thought that ruled the 53rd General Congress of the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe (FBE) in Barcelona, May 30th to June 1st, 2019. Over 120 people gathered in Barcelona last week to discuss a key aspect for our democracies: The Separation of…
