The present document of Human Rights First concerns a press release on the situation of a Russian human rights lawyer that faces disbarment. In its press release HRF refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, adopted in 1990, and the 1998 U.N. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. HRF states that these documents protect the right of lawyers to conduct their work without fear of retribution by state or non-state agents.
The present document of Human Rights First concerns a press release on the situation of a Russian human rights lawyer that faces disbarment. In its press release HRF refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, adopted in 1990, and the 1998 U.N. Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. HRF states that these documents protect the right of lawyers to conduct their work without fear of retribution by state or non-state agents.
