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TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF ATTORNEYS MEANS TO GET OFF THE
            PAN-EUROPEAN PATH OF DEVELOPMENT




            The interlinking of legal practice and UN core values is enshrined in the Organisation’s regulations.
            The common denominator is the idea of human rights enshrined in the UN Charter





                  UNIVERSAL              INTERNATIONAL          BODY OF PRINCIPLES         BASIC PRINCIPLES
                 DECLARATION          COVENANT ON CIVIL         FOR THE PROTECTION           ON THE ROLE
               OF HUMAN RIGHTS        AND POLITICAL RIGHTS     OF ALL PERSONS UNDER          OF LAWYERS
                                                                    ANY FORM
                                                                   OF DETENTION
                                                                 OR IMPRISONMENT

              provide details of the concept of human rights, ensures its legal execution and form mechanisms
                    for the exercise of these rights, which are inextricably connected with legal practice






            The universal nature of UN core values is also manifested in the European regulations, which in many
            respects repeat the United Nations principles





                                                      REPORT OF THE               RECOMMENDATION OF THE
                      EUROPEAN                   PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
                     CONVENTION                   "PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE         COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO
                   ON HUMAN RIGHTS                       OF LAW"                MEMBER STATES ON THE FREEDOM
                                                                                OF EXERCISE OF THE PROFESSION
                                                                                         OF LAWYER

            constitutes the main source of   underline                 the     underline the  fundamental
            law of the European Court of     commitment         to     the     role   that    lawyers    and
            Human Rights, which contains     values of democracy, the          professional  associations of
            guarantees of human rights       rule of law and human             lawyers play  in ensuring the
            and legal practice               rights                            protection  of  human  rights
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                                                                               and  fundamental  freedoms;
                                                                               desire to promote the freedom
                                                                               of exercise of the profession of
                                                                               lawyer in order  to  strengthen
                                                                               the  rule  of  law,  in  which
                 Restrictions  on the freedom of  legal  practice              lawyers  take part, particularly
                 and violations of the rights of attorneys are a               in the role of defending
                 violation  of  international  law  and departure              individual freedoms; conscious
                 from  core values (recognized at global and                   of the need for a fair system of
                 European levels).  This  issue  cannot be                     administration of justice which
                                                                                                         the
                                                                               guarantees
                 reviewed  solely  as  part  of  "procedural                   independence of lawyers in
                 confrontation"      between       attorneys      and          the    discharge    of   their
                 representatives of authorities,  since it  affects            professional duties without any
                 the very essence of the international system of               improper restriction, influence,
                 law and ideological basis of modern society.                  inducement, pressure, threats
                                                                                                           or
                                                                                                  direct
                                                                               or
                                                                                   interference,
                                                                               indirect, from  any quarter  or
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