The present annual report covers the period from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010 and the ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth and ninety-ninth sessions of the Human Rights Committee. In paragraph 22 the Committee refers to Principle 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: “The State party should review the compatibility of the proposed draft law on lawyers’ activity and the Bar with its obligations under article 14 of the Covenant, as well as article 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and refrain from taking any measures that constitute harassment or persecution of lawyers and unnecessarily interfere with their defence of clients.”
The present annual report covers the period from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010 and the ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth and ninety-ninth sessions of the Human Rights Committee. In paragraph 22 the Committee refers to Principle 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: “The State party should review the compatibility of the proposed draft law on lawyers’ activity and the Bar with its obligations under article 14 of the Covenant, as well as article 22 of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and refrain from taking any measures that constitute harassment or persecution of lawyers and unnecessarily interfere with their defence of clients.”
