Procedural Safeguards
Privilege
Legal professional privilege protects confidential communication between lawyers and their clients. It is essential for building trust, securing an effective defence, and guaranteeing the right to a fair trial. Without robust protection of legal privilege—extending across borders—there can be no independent justice system or true rule of law.
Advancing the Rule of Law Through Effective Defence Rights
The establishment and enhancement of Procedural Safeguards across the European Union and Council of Europe member states is a key policy objective of the ECBA.
Our entire organization — including all working groups — contributes to this crucial area of work, which is overseen by the Executive Committee.
Particular leadership is provided by our Chair, Vânia Costa Ramos, and Vice-Chairs Amedeo Barletta, Rebecca Niblock, Miroslav Krutina, and Gwen Jansen - de Wolf (pictured from left to right).
If you are an ECBA member and would like to take a more active role in advancing our work on Procedural Safeguards and Defence Rights, please contact the Secretariat and include a brief outline of your interest and relevant experience.
Contact: procedural.safeguards@ecba.org
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