Violation of advocates’ rights and professional guarantees – infographics

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The UNBA publishes statistics of violations of advocates’ rights and professional guarantees during the 2nd quarter of 2016.

During this period:

- the UNBA Legal Department received 21 complaints about violation of advocates’ rights and professional guarantees;

- of them, the UNBA Committee on protection of advocates’ rights received 17 complaints for further examination;

- the UNBA Secretariat forwarded 4 further complaints to law enforcement authorities.

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