The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) is a leading group of independent criminal defence lawyers in the Council of Europe

Since its foundation in 1997 the ECBA (European Criminal Bar Association) has become the pre-eminent independent organisation of specialist defence lawyers in all Council of Europe countries.

This section of our website contains contact details of individual lawyers/ECBA members who confirm that they are specialist criminal defence practitioners.

 

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The ECBA publishes its resolution adopted on 6 May 2023, in Warsaw, on the protection of the work of members of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA).
The ECBA recalls Principle no. 18 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. 

The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) welcomes the EU Commission’s new initiative to tackle corruption.
The Commission drafted a new Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Combating Corruption (Proposal). The ECBA underlines the need to respect the higher standard for procedural safeguards and due process principle and fair  trials also in this very sensitive field of law.

The ECBA is very pleased to announce that a ECBA Handbook on the EAW for Defence Lawyers has been published on the following website: 
http://handbook.ecba-eaw.org
 

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The European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL) focuses on fraud and white collar crime and compliance and regulatory issues.

The ECBA launched a Statement on mutual recognition of extradition decisions in the EU, as individuals having successfully defended themselves against extradition in one Member State nevertheless face potential extradition in all remaining countries and are therefore deprived of their right to freedom of movement within the EU. 

The ECBA is pleased to present the Roadmap 2020. After the Directives following the Stockholm Programme of 2009 further procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings are not yet on the political agenda of EU institutions and politicians.