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THEROLEANDINDEPENDENCEOFLAWYERS:
COMPARATIVEPERSPECTIVES
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE
OrganisedjointlybytheCouncilofEurope,theInternationalCommissionofJuristsand
theAzerbaijaniBarAssociation
BAKU,15-16NOVEMBER2018FAIRMONTHOTELBAKUNIZAMIGANJAVIROOM
TheeventissupportedbytheEuropeanUnion/CouncilofEuropeJointProgrammePartnershipforGoodGovernance
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The Conference aims to bring together perspectives on the governance and role of the legalprofessionbyinternationalexpertsandrepresentativesofbarassociationsfromawiderangeofcountries. The interventions will provide a comparative view on the conditions andrequirements that lawyers should comply with while carrying out their professional duty ofprotection of human rights of their clients. Participants of the Conference will address inparticular the organization and governance of the legal profession, lawyers’ ethics andqualification of lawyers. Special attentionwill be given to the role of training for lawyers inshapingan independent legalprofessionandthemanifoldresourcesofferedby theCouncilofEuropeandtheInternationalCommissionofJuriststothateffect.
PROGRAMME15November201809.00-09.15 RegistrationoftheparticipantsModerator: MrAnarBagirov,ChairmanoftheAzerbaijaniBarAssociation09.15-10.00 Openingremarks:
Mr Fuad Alasgarov, Assistant to the President of the Republic ofAzerbaijanMrAzarJafarov,DeputyMinisterofJusticeofAzerbaijanMrAnarBaghirov,ChairmanoftheAzerbaijaniBarAssociationMrChristophePoirel,DirectorofHumanRights,CouncilofEuropeMr Saman Zarifi, Secretary General of the International Commission ofJuristsMr Kestutis Jankauskas, Head of EU Delegation to the Republic ofAzerbaijan
SessionI. UPHOLDING LAWYERS’ STATUS AND ROLE: THE WAYS OF
ORGANISINGTHELEGALPROFESSIONModerator: MrSamanZarifi,SecretaryGeneraloftheInternationalCommission
ofJurists
10.05-10.20 Keynotespeech:Ensuringindependencethroughtheorganisationofthelegal profession: Mr Anar Baghirov – Chairman of the Azerbaijani BarAssociation
10.20-10.45 Coffeebreak10.45-11.00 International Standards on the independence of lawyers: institutional
aspects:MsRóisínPillay -Directorof theEuropeRegionalProgramme,InternationalCommissionofJurists
11.00-11.15 Ensuringindependencethroughtheorganisationofthelegalprofession
– international standards: Mr Ranko Policaric – Deputy President ofCCBE
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CountryExperiences11.15-11.30 Belarus:MrViktorChaichits–ChairmanofBelarusianRepublicanBar
Association11.30-11.45 Georgia:MrDavidAsatiani-ChairmanoftheGeorgianBarAssociation11.45-12.00 RussianFederation:MrYuriyPilipenko-PresidentofRussianChamber
ofBarAssociations12.00-12.15 Turkey: Mr Metin Feyzioglu - President of Union of Turkish Bar
Associations12.15-12.30 The Netherlands: Mr Jeroen Brouwer – ex-President of the Dutch Bar
Association, President of the Ethics Commission of the Dutch BarAssociation
12.30-12.55 Questionsanddiscussions12.55-13.00 Groupphoto13.00-14.00 LunchbreakSESSIONII. LAWYERS’ETHICS:DUTIES,FREEDOMSANDCONSTRAINTS Moderator: MrMikhailLobov,HeadofDepartment,CouncilofEurope14.00-14.20 Keynotespeech:LawyersProfessionalConduct: therightsanddutiesof
lawyers-MrGenriReznik-DeputyPresidentofRussianChamberofBarAssociations
14.20-14.35 InternationalStandardsonLawyer’sEthics–MrTemurShakirov,Senior
LegalAdviser,InternationalCommissionofJurists14:35-14.50 Comparative perspective: challenges to creating an environment for
lawyers to be able to exercise their professional and ethical duties –international standards: Mr Stefano Sensi - Office of the UN SpecialRapporteurontheIndependenceofJudgesandLawyers
14.50-15.20 CoffeebreakCountryExperiences 15.20-15.35 Azerbaijan: Ms Ilhama Hasanova – Deputy Chairman of Lawyers
DisciplinaryCommissionoftheAzerbaijaniBarAssociation
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15.35-15.50 France: Mr Jean-Emmanuel Medina - Member of Strasbourg BarAssociation
15.50-16.05 Kazakhstan: Ms Gulnar Baigazina – Head of Training Centre of the
AlmatyBarAssociation16.05-16.20 Ukraine:MrAlexandrDrozdov -Head ofQualification andDisciplinary
CommissionoftheUkrainianNationalBarAssociation16.20-16.35 The Netherlands: Mr Jeroen Brouwer - President of the Ethics
CommissionoftheDutchBarAssociation16.35-17.30 Discussions/Closingremarks
16November2018SessionIII ACCESSTOTHELEGALPROFESSION:EXPERIENCESANDCHALLENGESModerator: Gulnora Ishankhanova, Commissioner of the International
CommissionofJurists09.30-09.50 Keynotespeech:Accesstothelegalprofession:internationalaspectsand
countryexperience,MrSimonO’Toole–Lawyer,GoverningBencherofInnerTemple,UnitedKingdom
CountryExperiences09.50-10.05 Azerbaijan:MsLalaNaghiyeva–MemberofPresidiumoftheAzerbaijan
BarAssociation10.05-10.20 Ukraine: Mr Maksim Boldin – Chairman of the Audit Committee at
NationalAssociationsofUkrainianLawyers10.20-10.50 Coffeebreak10.50-11.05 Uzbekistan: Ms Gulnora Ishankhanova - Ex-Chair of the Tashkent Bar
Association,ICJCommissionerfromUzbekistan11.05-11.20 Georgia: Mr Irakli Kandashvili - Member of Executive Board of the
GeorgianBarAssociation11.20-11.35 RussianFederation:MrVakhtangFederov-CounsellortothePresidentof
RussianChamberofBarAssociations11.35-11.50 Kazakhstan:MsElenaDvoretskaya–lawyeratAlmatyBarAssociation11.50-12.05 Switzerland:MrMarcJoory–Lawyer,GeneveandNew-YorkBars
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12.05-13.00 Discussions13.00-14.00 LunchbreakSessionIV QUALITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AS A KEY TO PROFESSIONAL
INDEPENDENCEModerator: Mr Simon O’Toole, Former member of the Council of Europe HELP
ProgrammeConsultativeBoard,UKBarrister14.00-14.20 Keynotespeech:Expandinglimitsofprofessionaltraining–theconcept
of professional legal training, Mr Viktor Kamenkov – Professor atBelarussianStateUniversity
CountryExperiences14.20-14.35 Azerbaijan:Organisationofaprofessionaltrainingforlegalprofessionals
MrElchinKhalafov-ActingRectorofAcademyofJusticeofAzerbaijan14.35-14.50 Ukraine: Ms Elena Sibileva – Head of Committee on Improvement of
LawyersQualificationunderNationalAssociationsofUkrainianLawyers14.50-15.10 Coffeebreak15.10-15.25 Azerbaijan:CouncilofEuropeHELPProgramasatoolkitforprofessional
training:MrFarhadNajafov–HeadofAdministrationoftheAzerbaijaniBarAssociation,HELPInfoPointforAzerbaijan
15.25-15.40 Russian Federation: The need for training of lawyers in the context of
globaldigitalization,MsSuriyaRzaeva-HELPcertifiedtrainer,Advocateof Federal Chamber of Advocates of Russian Federation, StavropolRegionalChamberofAdvocates
15.40-16.00 Closingremarks MrAnarBagirov,ChairmanoftheAzerbaijaniBarAssociation MrSamanZarifi,ICJSecretaryGeneral MrZoltanHernyes,HeadoftheCouncilofEuropeOfficeinBaku