Violation of Professional Rights of Lawyers

Abstract

This article considers the problems of realization of professional rights of lawyers, presents an analysis of the guarantees of the independence of lawyers under international and national law. The author highlights the need to ensure the proper role of lawyers in society, which must be respected and guaranteed in the development of the national legislation and its application, because of the special status of a lawyer, provision of the citizens and legal entities with such public functions as qualified legal assistance. The author identified major violations of the rights of defense lawyers which do not allow them to fully and effectively implement legal activity, an outlines the main forms of action of legitimate defense. The author substantiates the need to strengthen the legal safeguards of advocacy, the establishment at the legislative level of effective mechanisms for the protection of a lawyer when exercising lawful professional activities, and provides a number of proposals on perfection of the legislation.