The present report is a summary of seven stakeholders’ submissions1 to the universal periodic review. Chapter I(B), paragraph 5 refers to article 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: "Amnesty International noted that under the draft Counter Terrorism Law, the state authorities are afforded special powers to seize belongings of suspects and to prosecute them. Actually the Criminal Procedure Code does not permit the authorities to take such a step without first receiving a private party complaint. It added that the draft Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Law contains provisions which require lawyers to disclose information about their clients, in breach of the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality, and Principle 22 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers."
The present report is a summary of seven stakeholders’ submissions1 to the universal periodic review. Chapter I(B), paragraph 5 refers to article 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: "Amnesty International noted that under the draft Counter Terrorism Law, the state authorities are afforded special powers to seize belongings of suspects and to prosecute them. Actually the Criminal Procedure Code does not permit the authorities to take such a step without first receiving a private party complaint. It added that the draft Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Law contains provisions which require lawyers to disclose information about their clients, in breach of the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality, and Principle 22 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers."
