OSCE supports Forum of Defense Lawyers

An OSCE-supported online Forum of Defense Lawyers concluded on 19 November 2021. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in co-operation with the Republican Collegium of Advocates and the Legal Policy Research Centre.

The event focused on challenges to institutional and professional independence of advocates, the quality of legal aid in current circumstances and legal aid solutions in the context of digitalization.

Some 130 participants representing the Collegium of Advocates, NGOs, international experts and legal experts attended the Forum. The participants discussed potential solutions of the challenges facing by defence lawyers while fulfilling their work.

The event is part of the Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to strengthen the rule of law and to support the development of the legal profession in the host country.