Le persecuzioni agli avvocati sono in aumento, e non solo in regimi cd. autoritari. Chi difende i difensori? Presentazione del progetto "Avvocati minacciati - Endangered lawyers" dell'Unione camere penali, II Open Day, Rimini, 11 giugno 2016. Attacks on defense lawyers and on right of defense are increasing. Who defends defense lawyers? Presentation of the Project "Avvocati minacciati - Endangered lawyers" of the Italian National Criminal Lawyers Association in Rimini (June 2016).

1. «ENDANGERED LAWYERS»
PROJECT BY
UNIONE DELLE CAMERE PENALI
ITALIANE
THE ITALIAN CRIMINAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
WWW.CAMEREPENALI.IT

2. "Endangered Lawyer” Project, UCPI, Italy
WHY AN «ENDANGERED LAWYERS» PROJECT?
ATTACKS ON LAWYERS OCCUR EVEN NOWADAYS
EVERYWHERE THE WORLD.
THEY ARE INCREASING IN FREQUENCY.
MORE THAN 1000 LAWYERS AND LEGAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN
KILLED OR DISAPPEARED IN THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES
(SOURCE. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE'S LAWYERS)
THERE IS A SPECIFIC FOUNDATION, CALLED "DAY OF THE
ENDANGERED LAWYER", BORN IN ORDER TO CALL FOR ATTENTION ON
A SPECIFIC DAY TO THREATENED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS WITH SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO ONE DESIGNATED COUNTRY.

3. “Governments shall ensure that
lawyers are able to perform all of their
professional functions without
intimidation, hindrance, harassment or
improper interference;
(..)
Lawyers shall not be identified with
their clients or their clients' causes as
a result of discharging their
functions.”
Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers” nn. 16 – 18
(United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime
and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, September
1990
"Endangered Lawyer” Project, UCPI, Italy

4. “Endangered Lawyers”
Project refers to UCPI’s
workgroups
European criminal Law
International Lawyers
Project coordinators are
Mr. Ezio Menzione
Mr. Nicola Canestrini
2016