ArmInfo. On January 14 a meeting in the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia will be held, during which the issue of protecting lawyers who have recently been harassed and attacked will be discussed. This is stated in the statement of the press service of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia.
According to the source, the Chamber of Advocates states that the rights (dignity) of lawyers involved in sensitive criminal cases are not protected. In these circumstances, the defenders intend to discuss actions for the organization of effective self-defense. Lawyers will also consider the issue of restricting the lawyer's public behavior in sensitive criminal cases.
The Chamber of Lawyers recalls that in Recommendation R (2000) 21 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "On the freedom to exercise a profession of Lawyer ", adopted on October 25, 2000, calls upon states to take all necessary measures to respect, protect and promote professional freedom of lawyers without discrimination and unlawful interference by the authorities or the public, especially in light of the relevant provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. One must not blame a lawyer for the protection of the rights of a citizen, regardless of what offenses are attributed to the client. A group of citizens does not have the right to prosecute a lawyer, even if the lawyer committed an unlawful act. If a lawyer's behavior contradicts the Code of Conduct of Lawyers, the Chamber of Lawyers has the right to bring a guilty lawyer to disciplinary responsibility. To note, recently various groups of people prosecute lawyers of Manvel Grigoryan and Robert Kocharyan. They are being prosecuted, insulted, they receive insults and threats in social networks. Yesterday evening a group of people poured paintball on the car of Manvel Grigoryan's lawyer Arsen Mkrtchyan trying to block his path to the car.