CCBE Contribution for the 2024 Rule of Law Report

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) issued this report in February 2024 as a contribution for the 2024 Rule of Law Report.

In September 2023, the CCBE created a network of national contact points responsible for monitoring and reporting the relevant national rule of law related issues, as well as facilitating and strengthening the contribution from national Bars and Law Societies to the CCBE input to the Rule of Law Report of the European Commission. In this contribution to the 2024 Rule of Law Report, the CCBE lists its actions, activities and policy documents relevant to different rule of law related aspects. This submission is accompanied by input received from the national Bars and Law Societies of 25 EU Member States regarding different rule of law developments at national level, with a particular focus on those posing a risk and potentially undermining the independence of lawyers and Bars and access to justice.

CCBE represents the bars and law societies of 46 countries and, through them, more than 1 million European lawyers.