Hostile public discourses and risk for human rights defenders. Gorizia, 24 September 2020.

1. GORIZIA, 24 SETTEMBRE 2020
NICOLA CANESTRINI
DISCORSI PUBBLICI
OSTILI
RISCHI PER I HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

2. "Endangered Lawyer” Project, UCPI, Italy
PERCHÈ «AVVOCATI MINACCIATI»?
OGGI COME IERI AVVOCATI VENGONO
PERSEGUITATI IN TUTTO IL MONDO A
CAUSA DELL’ESERCIZIO DELLA LORO
FUNZIONE DIFENSIVA.
LE PERSECUZIONI SONO IN AUMENTO.

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“.. AIMED AT SILENCING AND
PUNISHING HIM FOR HIS
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES ..”

5. DIRK WIESUM
ASSASSINATO 18 SETTEMBRE 2019

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“CENTRAL POSITION (OF LAWYERS) IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE
THEY MAY PLAY IN THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS”

7. "Endangered Lawyer” Project, UCPI, Italy
2011 Iran
2012 Turchia
2013 SPAGNA-PAESI BASCHI
2014 COLOMBIA
2015 FILIPPINE
2016 HONDURAS
2019 Turchia
2020 pakistaN

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9. “Everywhere in the world, there
should be some people who must
stand when no one is standing.
I'm proud of defending Asia Bibi.”
Saif Ul-Malook

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"I have to state as a fact,
but with great regret,
that there are in Northern
Ireland a number of
solicitors who are unduly
sympathetic to the cause
of the IRA.”
Douglas Hogg
junior Home Office minister
17 January, 1989
Pat Finucane,
solicitor
killed 12 February, 1989

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26. FUNZIONE SOCIALE DEL
DIFENSORE

27. 16. Governments shall ensure that
lawyers are able to perform all of their
professional functions without
intimidation, hindrance, harassment or
improper interference;
shall not suffer, or be threatened with,
prosecution or administrative, economic
or other sanctions for any action taken in
accordance with recognized professional
duties, standards and ethics.
Principi di Base sul
Ruolo degli Avvocati
adottato dalle
Nazioni Unite nel 1990
Guarantees for the
functioning of lawyers

28. “Lawyers shall not be identified
with their clients or their
clients' causes as a result of
discharging their functions”

29. ”Il rispetto della funzione professionale
dell’Avvocato è una condizione essenziale
dello Stato di diritto e di una società
democratica”
(CCBE’s Code of Conduct for European Lawyers, article 1.1)

31. www.endangeredlawyers.org

32. Unione delle Camere penali italiane