Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group

The document highlights issues related to the observance of the rights of attorneys-at-law and standards of their work, as well as the persecution of independent lawyers in the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula by the occupation administrations and the authorities of the Russian Federation. It also proposes a number of recommendations to the international community to improve the situation with the observance of the rights of defense lawyers working under occupation and addressing the threats to their professional activity. The report was prepared by a group of experts with the support of the CEELI Institute (Czech Republic) and the Ukraine 5AM Coalition.

The research brings together the results of several polls and in-depth interviews of Ukrainian judges, the public, as well as veteran community in order to analyse and assess where these groups stand with regards to various issues related to the justice and accountability in the context of armed conflict.