English translation of the report “The Crisis of the Legal Profession in Belarus: How to Return the Right to Defense” is published.
We remind you that this is a special report on the state of affairs in the Belarusian Bar, on the repression of attorneys, the violation of the right to defense, and recommendations as to how the Bar should be reformed to remedy the situation. A detailed report in Russian can be found at the link.
It restores the chronology of events aimed at depriving the Belarusian Bar of its independence and reveals the systemic nature of the destruction of the Belarusian advocacy; demonstrates the consequences of disregard for the standards of the legal profession and their violation by the state and the professional association of attorneys and their direct impact on the fate of the attorneys deprived of their profession, and most importantly — deprived of their right to defend those to whom they provide legal assistance. It contains an action programme to restore advocacy and a legal environment in which attorneys could freely and effectively perform their functions.
We remind you that this is a special report on the state of affairs in the Belarusian Bar, on the repression of attorneys, the violation of the right to defense, and recommendations as to how the Bar should be reformed to remedy the situation. A detailed report in Russian can be found at the link.
It restores the chronology of events aimed at depriving the Belarusian Bar of its independence and reveals the systemic nature of the destruction of the Belarusian advocacy; demonstrates the consequences of disregard for the standards of the legal profession and their violation by the state and the professional association of attorneys and their direct impact on the fate of the attorneys deprived of their profession, and most importantly — deprived of their right to defend those to whom they provide legal assistance. It contains an action programme to restore advocacy and a legal environment in which attorneys could freely and effectively perform their functions.
