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 practitioners who confirm that they are specialist criminal defence practitioners.

 

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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) is a sub-association of the ECBA.

The ECBA has launched a Working Group in order to discuss the use of remote video-technologies in criminal cases and has drafted an European Criminal Bar Association Statement of Principles on the use of Video-Conferencing in Criminal Cases in a Post-Covid-19 World. The statement has been officially launched at our Spring Conference in Rome, on the 12th September, during a panel dedicated to the subject.

Interviews were held at the ECBA conference in Rome on 12 September 2020. You will hear comments and feedback on the ECBA and the conference.

 

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The ECBA has written to the Supreme Court/ Disciplinary Chamber of Poland to express its concerns over the proceedings instigated against Judge Igor Tuleya on 2 October 2020 (Click here for the letter). A second letter has been sent on 18 November 2020 to reiterate that the charges to be brought against Judge Tuleya, in the view of the ECBA, impermissibly contravene crucial provisions of domestic and international law.  Click here for the second letter.  

The ECBA strongly urged the authorities to take all the necessary measures to guarantee the independence of the judiciary in order to preserve the integrity of the administration of justice.

 

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.