Regional project - Strengthening the profession of lawyer in line with European standards
30 months: 1 July 2019 – 31 December 2021
Strengthening the profession of lawyer in line with European standards
Geographical focus: Armenia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
Beneficiaries: Self-governing Bar Associations
Partners: Ministries of Justice, self-governing bar associations, professional unions of lawyers, advocates and lawyers
- Procedural and institutional setup of the functioning of lawyers
- Internal structure of the associations of the bars
- Procedural safeguards for lawyers
- Systems of legal representation
- Access to the profession of advocate
- Systems of training for lawyers
- Codes of ethical standards for lawyers
- Professional standards of interaction of lawyers and judges in courts
- Impact of gender-related issues on the profession and on access to justice
Strengthen co-operation between the bar associations and law societies of the participating countries (Armenia, Belarus, Gerogia, Moldova and Ukraine) with a view to improving the internal functioning and independence of the bar.
Gender will be mainstreamed in various ways throughout the project.
The project is linked to the priorities of the Eastern Partnership - 20 Deliverables for 2020, with reference to Priority II (Strengthening institutions and good governance) under chapter 10 (Implementation of key judicial reforms).
1 – Straightening the regional cooperation network of lawyers and bar associations of the participating countries
Aim of the component: to organise regional meetings of representatives of the bars, to deliver conferences for the bars, and lawyer unions with the aim to strengthen peer-to-peer co-operation amongst them.
2 – Improvement of the internal functioning of the bar associations
Aim of the component: to deliver a cross-country review of the internal structure of the bar associations, to develop country-specific action plans as to the improvement of the internal functioning of the bar associations, and to support the implementation of the country-specific action plans.
3 – Strengthening the independence and professionalism of lawyers
Aim of the component: to deliver cross-country reviews of the procedural safeguards for lawyers, codes of ethical standards, access to the profession, to develop recommendations as to the professional standards of interaction in courts of lawyers and judges, and to organise networking meetings of judges and lawyers.
4 – Strengthening the provision of legal services by lawyers
Aim of the component: to deliver cross-country reviews of the systems of legal representation (including free legal aid and the monopoly of advocates), impact of gender-related issues on the profession and on access to justice, and to develop/deliver the country-specific measures related to the improvement of the system of legal representation.
Relevance for Council of Europe Action Plan and priorities:
Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019
Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova 2017-2020
Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021
Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018 -2023
The Council of Europe is implementing this project under the “European Union/Council of Europe Partnership for Good Governance”.
Project manager: Ms Natalia Khodakevich (Strasbourg)
Project officer: Mr Karen Karapetyan (Yerevan)
Project assistant: Ms Alina Beliaeva (Strasbourg)
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