Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer

Party

Albania added

• Signature: 15-06-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Austria added

• Signature: 16-06-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Spain modified

• Signature: 18-06-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• added reservation
  18-06-2026
  The Kingdom of Spain declares that: - For the purposes of the Convention, lawyer means any person who is qualified and authorized to practice said profession, is a member of a professional association of lawyers as a practitioner of law, and whose professional activities consist in the provision of legal advice, the settlement of disputes and the defence of others' rights and interests, both public and private, in out of court, judicial and/or arbitration proceedings. - Were this Convention to be ratified by the United Kingdom and extended to the territory of Gibraltar, Spain would like to make the following declaration: 1. Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory whose international relations come under the responsibility of the United Kingdom, and which is subject to a decolonization process in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 2. The Gibraltar authorities are local in nature and exercise exclusively internal competences which have their origin and their foundation in a distribution and attribution of competences performed by the United Kingdom in compliance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as the sovereign State on which the aforementioned Non-Self-Governing Territory depends. 3. In consequence, any participation of the Gibraltar authorities in the application of this Convention shall be understood as taking place exclusively in the framework of the internal competences of Gibraltar and cannot be considered to in any way amend the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. 4. The application of this Convention to Gibraltar should not be interpreted as an acknowledgement of any right or any situation regarding areas not covered by article X of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, concluded by the Crowns of Spain and of Great Britain. The Kingdom of Spain would also like to make the following reservation: - As permitted under Article 21 of the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer, the Kingdom of Spain reserves the right not to apply the provisions laid down in Article 6 in respect of Article 2, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph b of the Convention.

Party

San Marino added

• Signature: 15-05-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Slovakia added

• Signature: 15-05-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Bosnia and Herzegovina added

• Signature: 17-03-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Ukraine added

• Signature: 09-03-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Slovenia added

• Signature: 11-02-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Germany added

• Signature: 26-01-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Portugal added

• Signature: 21-01-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Finland added

• Signature: 09-12-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Cyprus added

• Signature: 14-11-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Czech Republic added

• Signature: 14-11-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Latvia added

• Signature: 23-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Romania added

• Signature: 21-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No