Challenges to the Legal Profession arising from EU’s digitisation program. FBE and CCBE took part in the Congress organised in Sofia by the Supreme Council Bar of Bulgaria about the Justice digitisation program of the EU. Ralitsa Negentsova, President of the Supreme Council, said that digitisation in all spheres of public life has brought enormous…
FBE / OIRP Poznań Ist International Young Lawyers’ and Law Students’ Human Rights Oratory Competition, Poznań 2018 “All people are born free and equal in respect of their dignity and their rights, they are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards others in a spirit of brotherhood.” Art. 1 of the Universal…
The FBE is committed to the rule of law, access to justice and the defence of human rights. The FBE is gravely concerned about the independence of judges in Poland and is aware of the Report and statement made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of judges and lawyers: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Judiciary/Pages/IDPIndex.aspx The Special…
The FBE’s MEDITERRANEAN BARS MEETING brings together lawyers from the four shores of the Mediterranean. The Assize was held on April 13 and delegates came from Lebanon in the east, from Tunisia and Morocco in the south, from Portugal, Spain, France and Italy in the north. There were also lawyers from northern Europe, including the…
President Michele Lucherini and Past President Sara Chandler attended the Legal Sunday events in Exeter on 9th and 10th June. The assembled judges, lawyers, Sheriffs, Mayors and officials of the counties and cities of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, Dorset and Wiltshire were addressed by the High Sheriff of Devon, and Her Honour Justice May, both women…
The next Intermediate Meeting of the FBE will take place in Warsaw from the 20th to the 22nd of September, 2018. Register here The topic of the Congress will be “The right to privacy in a digital age,” and there will be three panels: 1st. panel European challenges in data protection Panel concentrated on data protection…
The FBE’s General Assembly on May 19th, 2018 has elected the new Presidency for the year 2018-2019. Michele Lucherini (IT – Lucca) is the new President; Silvia Giménez-Salinas Colomer (ES – Barcelona), the first Vice President; Dominique Attias (FR – Paris), the second Vice President; Monique Stengel (FR – Paris) is the new Treasurer; Charles…
The Ordine di Avvocati di Napoli held a very successful international meeting on several topics of particular interest under the title: “Right and Freedom. The role and challenges of the lawyer in the society of the third millennium. Toward a new Manifesto di Napoli dell’avvocatura”. Members of the FBE spoke, including Yves Oschinsky (Past President),…
The annual Festivities of San Raimon de Penyafort always include a morning workshop: the Trobades in memory of Jaques Henry that is run by the Barcelona Bar for the FBE. The scientific program was about “TRADE SECRETS: PROTECTION AND ENFORCEABILITY”. Speakers included lawyers from the USA, Sud America, Asia and all over Europe. President Sara…
