Program FBE Congress Amsterdam

08.45 – 09.15 am: Walk-in/registration

09.15 – 09.45 am: Opening

• • Welcome by President of the FBE
  • Speech by the Minister of Justice of Legal Protection of the Netherlands
  • Welcome by the President of the Amsterdam Bar

09.45 – 11.00 am: What determines whether a lawyer can take on a case or a client, what is the legal and disciplinary framework?

• 09.45 – 10.00 am digital voting on statements on the topic
• 10.00 – 11.00 am speakers: Moderator Bas Martens
  • Mikolaj Pietrzak – President of the Warsaw Bar Association
  • Dominique Schup – Incoming President of the CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe)
  • Maria Begona Angulo Fuertes/Aitzol Asla Uribe – Bilbao Bar-FBE
  • Leonie Rammeloo – Lawyer in Amsterdam and member of the Disciplinary Appeal Court

11.00 – 11.30 am: short break

11.30 – 12.30 pm: Can a lawyer be woke? The moral compass of lawyers

• 11.30 – 11.35 am digital voting on statements on the topic
• 11.35 – 12.30 Introduction by Jonathan Soeharno, lawyer in Amsterdam and professor of administration of justice and legal philosophy University of Amsterdam followed by a panel discussion moderated by Charlotte la Haije, lawyer in Amsterdam, president of the Amsterdam Young Bar Association.

12.30 – 02.00 pm: Lunch

02.00 – 03.00 pm: Problems and dilemmas for lawyers in major crime trials

• 02.00 – 02.05 pm digital voting on statements on the topic
• 02.05 – 03.00 pm Introduction by Peter Hanenberg, President of the Rotterdam Bar Association followed by a panel discussion moderated by Peter Hanenberg.

03.00 – 03.30 pm: break

03.30 – 04.30 pm: Problems and dilemmas for lawyers resulting from sanctions legislation

• 03.30 – 03.35 pm D igital voting on statements on the topic
• 03.35 – 04.30 pm Two introduction speakers, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Evert Jan Henrichs, former President of the Amsterdam Bar.

04.30 – 06.00 pm: Presentation of the Ludovic Trarieux Prize

06.00 – 07.00 pm: Closing Congress Day with Drinks

08.30 pm: For FBE members (and partner program) Dinner Amstel hotel

International Human Rights Prize Ludovic Trarieux 2022

The FBE, the Amsterdam Bar and all the other members of  the Jury of the International Human Rights Prize Ludovic Trarieux are pleased to inform you that the presentation of the Ludovic Trarieux 2022 Prize, which was awarded to Amirsalar Davoudi, lawyer at the Iranian Bar, will take place on the occasion of the FEB Congress.

The prize is awarded every year to a lawyer, regardless of nationality or bar, who has illustrated through his or her work, activity or suffering, the defence of human rights, the rights of the defence, the supremacy of law, the fight against racism and intolerance in any form. A special mention is made to the Warsaw Bar for their tireless commitment to protecting the rule of law at both institutional and judicial levels in Poland.