Written contribution to the PACE report “The case for drafting a European Convention on the Profession of Lawyer”
human rights, PACE, political persecution, persecution of lawyers, 17 January 2018
The work of a lawyer in the Eastern European member countries of the Council of Europe is fraught with many risks: murders and attempted assassinations, criminal prosecution, pressure on relatives, illegal searches, attempts to withhold an attorney's license, and slanderous media campaigns.