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EUROPEAN BARS FEDERATION
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The European Bars Federation (FBE - Fédération des Barreaux d'Europe) is an international organisation of lawyers, non-profit, which brings together the Bars and Law Societies within the Council of Europe (ttps://www.coe.int/).
The importance it has assumed over the years gives it the role of a true institution of the European Bar Association.
HISTORY
[edit]The Conference of the Great Bar Associations of Europe was founded in Paris on 27 June 1986. The founding Bar Associations were the Bar Associations of the cities of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Milan, Paris, Frankfurt and the National Bar Association of Portugal. Later the Krakow Bar Association was added. On 23 May 1992, in Barcelona, the Conference of the Great Bars and Law Societies of Europe was transformed into the Federation of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, opening to all Bars and Law Societies coming from a member state of the Council of Europe[1].
REPRESENTATION
[edit]Today the FBE represents about 250 European Bar Associations and over 1,000,000 lawyers. In Europe we know two institutions representing lawyers.
- The CCBE (https://www.ccbe.eu) which brings together the National Bar Associations of the European Union.
- The FBE represents the National Bars and Local Bars (including the Law Societies) of the States belonging to the Council of Europe.
In recent years, thanks to the joint vision of the Presidency of the FBE and the Presidency of the CCBE, the two representative institutions of the European Bar have strengthened their collaboration, synergy and representation in order to achieve more incisive results in the organisation of Justice and the Profession of Lawyer.
STATUS
[edit]The Federation of Bar Associations of Europe is a non-profit association with legal personality and subject to the law of the country of its registered office (now France) and its statutes, as updated.
HEADQUARTERS
[edit]The Federation of European Bar Associations has its registered office in Strasbourg, 3 rue du Général Frère 67000.
MISSION
[edit]The FBE is an independent international organisation of Bars for the protection of the essential principles of the lawyer's profession in Europe with the aim of fostering the synergy of all the Bars and Law Societies coming from the member states of the Council of Europe, forming and proposing a judicial policy that respects the principles of democracy and freedom proper to European culture.
The FBE aims to protect the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the rights of defence at national level, the defence of human rights in Europe and the world, and to defend the fundamental principles established by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.
The FBE aims to represent the profession of lawyer to the European institutions; to guarantee to citizens and companies the professional services of free lawyers; to recognise the role played by the European Bars for the defence of freedom and rights.
The FBE is committed to ensuring total and concrete legal assistance to lawyers who are illegally persecuted because of the exercise of their professional duty. Of undoubted importance is the protection of the Defenders in areas where their activity puts them at risk.
Finally, the FBE has intervened in support of the Turkish Bar Association and, in particular, in Ankara.
Every year, the FBE Commissions and the FBE Chairmanship organise competitions dedicated to young lawyers who distinguish themselves in matters of special interest for the future of the profession and the protection of fundamental rights.
SYNERGIES
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In recent years, thanks to the joint vision of the Presidency of the FBE and the Presidency of the CCBE, the two representative institutions of the European Bar have strengthened their collaboration, synergy and representation in order to achieve more incisive results for the better organisation of Justice and the profession.
The FBE has a partnership in UIA International Union of Lawyers (https://www.uianet.org/en).
The FBE, in June 2019, signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Criminal Court Bar Association (https://www.iccba-abcpi.org/home) in order to ensure representation and protection for lawyers who work before the International Criminal Court in Den Haag (NL). The FBE has therefore been called upon by the International Criminal Court to participate in the work on the drafting of the regulation of advocacy funded by the Court for parties (usually offended) who are not well-off.
The FBE has recently partnered with Re-Imagine-Europe (http://reimagine-europa.eu) to design the future of the European Union[2].
STRUCTURE
[edit]The bodies of the FBE are the General Assembly of members, which meets during the two annual congresses and elects the President, the Vice Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer.
The FBE acts through the Presidency which consists of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Secretary General and the Treasurer. All offices are elected for a non-renewable period of one year. Specific rules guarantee the representation of all European regions and cultures.
LANGUAGES
[edit]The Federation of Bar Associations of Europe recognises the national languages of all the countries represented within it. The official working languages are French, English, German, Spanish and Italian.
COMMISSIONS
[edit]The FBE is organised with standing committees and ad hoc commissions.
The former are dedicated to universal and basic aspects.
The second are dedicated to contingent or local needs. All the commissions work constantly to achieve the set objective and are hosted by member orders.
List of Commissions.
[edit]- ACCESS TO JUSTICE
- ACCESS TO THE PROFESSION
- ARBITRATION
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- ETHICS
- TRAINING
- MEDIATION
- MEDITERRANEAN COMMISSION (open to the coastal States of the mediterranean, even if not European)
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- ORDERS FROM EASTERN EUROPE
- ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF ORDERS
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUALITY
- PERSPECTIVES OF THE PROFESSION
PRESIDENTS
[edit]1992 – 1993
Eugenio GAY MONTALVO (Président et Fondateur)
Ex-Decano del Il-lustre Col-legi d´Advocats de Barcelona
President of the Consejo General de la Abogacía Española
Magistrado of the Tribunal Constitucional de España
1993 – 1994
Georges FLÉCHEUX
Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats à la Cour de Paris
1994 – 1995
Michael COSGRAVE
Former President of the Devon & Exeter Law Society.
1995 – 1996
Pascal MAURER
Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Genève
1996 – 1997
Georges-Albert DAL
Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre Français des Avocats de Bruxelles
1997 – 1998
Gérard BRUYNINCKX
Oud-Deken van de Orde van Advocaten Rotterdam
1998 – 1999
Julio DE CASTRO CALDAS
Former Bastonario de l´Ordem dos Advogados de Portugal
1999 – 2000
Bruno BERGER-PERRIN
Ancien Bâtonnier de l´Ordre des Avocats des Hauts de Seine
2000 – 2001
Carlo VERMIGLIO
Former President of the Order of Lawyers of Messina
National Forensic Council Adviser
2001 – 2002
Luis Miguel ROMERO VILLAFRANCA
Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia
2002 – 2003
David MORGAN
Former President of the Holborn Law Society
2003-2004
Jean-Pierre GROSS
Ancien Président de la Fédération Suisse des Avocats
2004-2005
Ulrich SCHARF
Ehemaliger-Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Celle
2005-2006
Jean-François ARRUE
Ancien Bâtonnier de l´Ordre des Avocats de Lyon
2006-2007
Maurizio de TILLA
Former President of the Order of Lawyers of Naples
2007-2008
Jaume ALONSO-CUEVILLAS
Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona
2008 - 2009
Joseph VAN DER PERRE
Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Bruges
2009 - 2010
Michel BENICHOU
Ancien Bâtonnier de l'Ordre des Avocats de Grenoble
2010 – 2011
Mirko ROS
Ehemaliger Präsident des Zürchers Anwaltsverband
2011 – 2012
Guido DE ROSSI
Former President of the Foggia Lawyers' Association
2012 – 2013
Lutz SIMON
Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt-Am-Main
2013 – 2014
Rod MOLE
Former President of The Devon & Exeter Law Society
2014 – 2015
Michael AUER
Präsident der Rechtsanwaltskammer Wien
2015 – 2016
Nazario DE OLEAGA PARAMO
Former Dean of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados del Señorio de Vizcaya - Bizkaia
2016 – 2017
Yves OSCHINSKY
Ancien Bâtonnier de Bruxelles - Ordre français
2017 – 2018
Sara CHANDLER
Former President of the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society
2018 – 2019
Michele LUCHERINI
V. President of the Bar Association of Lucca
2019 – 2020
Silvia GIMENZ SALINAS
Former Dean of Il-lustre Col-legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona (ICAB)
REFERENCES
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