Human Rights Education Associates

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers

Author

Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

Publisher

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Place of Publication

Geneva, Switzerland

Year of Publication

1990

Language

English

The Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers have been formulated to assist in promoting and ensuring professional standards for lawyers and paralegals. They are guidelines for judges, prosecutors, members of the executive and the legislature, paralegals, and the public in general and provide guarantees necessary for the defence of everyone charged with a penal offence.
Training of Professional Groups
TP: Lawyers and paralegals, TP: Judges and prosecutors
Right to fair trial, Human rights-based approach

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