At its 7th meeting held in Strasbourg on 30 January - 1 February 2024, the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV) examined both the draft future convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer and its draft explanatory report in their entirety with a view to preparing the forthcoming stakeholder consultation process whose results will inform its future work.
Highlights
Publication of a guide for practitioners on the administrative detention of migrants and asylum seekers
CDCJ AT A GLANCE
The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) is the Council of Europe intergovernmental body responsible for the standard-setting activities of the Council of Europe with a wide scope of competence in the field of public and private law. Its main role is to draw up standards commonly accepted by the 46 member states and to foster legal co-operation among them.
Standard-setting activities
Moreover, the standards that the CDCJ has developed and the expertise of the members of its Committee are used in the framework of legal co-operation projects developed for the benefit of member States and neighbourhing countries wishing to benefit from assistance in their justice sector reforms.
Co-operation projects
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