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II. EUROPÄISCHE UNION / INTERNATIONALES
set itself the goal of acting in concert with its individual
and collective members in order to represent the legal
profession on three levels:
➢ To create an institution, specifically a bar association:
To promote the development of a truly independent
legal profession before the ICC and within the international
criminal justice system;
➢ To develop a criminal policy:
To promote the fundamental principles of justice so
that the law has a fair and equitable process, a place for
victims and the accused in the hearing and equality of
defence; and
➢ To assist in cases:
To assist and provide means to counsels for victims
and accused before the ICC.
PHILOSOPHY AND VISION
We believe that any case worth being heard should be
heard in a fair and equitable manner. The foundation of
the criminal justice system should be based on three
independent pillars: the judges, the prosecutor and the
counsels. The Treaty of Rome provides for an independent
Chamber of Judges and a Prosecutor's Bar. We are
campaigning to make the legal profession the third institutional
pillar of international penal justice.
OUR AIMS
The ICB works in close cooperation with the bar associations,
counsel's associations both at national and
international level, as well as the individual lawyers working
before the ICC and professors of law. We want to
reflect the diversity of the legal systems and cultures and
the different languages and regions of the world.
The ICB intends to promote the interests of the international
legal community and its counsels. To this end,
the ICB:
➢ Participates in the regulation of counsel practice before
the Court;
➢ Defends the principle of freedom to choose a counsel;
➢ Defends the principle of equality of defence;
➢ Facilitates and encourages the work of counsels before
the Court and effective communications with the
different organs within the Court, and
➢ Allows counsels before the Court to acquire knowledge
and competences.
OUR MEMBERS
The ICB brings together individual members, especially
counsels for victims and the defence, and professors of
law who are qualified to work before the ICC. A number
of bar associations and counsels' associations have
joined the ICB as collective members. Other organisations
with an interest in international criminal justice,
including NGOs, may become associate members of the
ICB.
Membership of the ICB involves: being part of an
international legal community; representing one's country
within an international forum; increasing our visibility
at the ICC; and having access to an international professional
network. It also involves participating in the
development of training services.
OUR ACTIVITIES
The ICB favours a global approach to large scale questions
of penal policy with regard to the professional
code of ethics, legal aid and training. We have working
groups which take national differences into account
when drawing up the ICB's positions.
The ICB organises seminars and conferences on international
criminal justice, as well as training sessions.
The ICB is working to be officially recognised as “an
independent body representing associations of lawyers
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