German Bar Association - Position Paper for the European Commission on the 2021 Rule of Law Report

This position paper by the German Bar Association was issued in March 2021 as part of the targeted stakeholder consultation for the 2021 Rule of Law Report.

The German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein – DAV) is the professional body comprising more than 62.000 German lawyers and lawyer-notaries in 252 local bar associations in Germany and abroad. Being politically independent the DAV represents and promotes the professional and economic interests of the German legal profession on German, European and international level.