Spanish lawyers condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The Spanish legal profession does not remain oblivious to the current of solidarity that is occurring in support of the Ukrainian people, nor to the condemnation of the start of the war by Russia. The General Council of the Bar has expressed its “strong” condemnation of the military invasion that Russia is carrying out on Ukraine. The Plenary Session of the Council, made up of the deans of the bar associations, has criticized "the use of weapons and force", which "will never be the appropriate instrument in the resolution of disputes between countries.

" In a statement, this body, which represents and coordinates the 83 bar associations of Spain, points out that "as defenders of the law, Spanish lawyers consider that the world has the appropriate legal channels for the claim and resolution of any conflict between nations.” “War will only bring death, destruction and poverty for Ukrainians. Our thoughts are with them Phone Number Data today, as well as all our solidarity,” the CGAE statement underlines. ICAB Governing Board. (Photo: ICAB Individual bar associations also take a stand against the military invasion of Ukraine. This has been done, for example, by the Madrid Bar Association or the Barcelona Bar Association. The Catalan school has also launched a Ukrainian Population Assistance program, through which it wants to provide free legal advice and coverage to Ukrainian citizens who have been displaced and who arrive in Barcelona.



Among the aid provided for in this plan are legal assistance and free advice to people displaced from Ukraine to the province of Barcelona; collaboration in the referral to the Social Services of Public Organizations and NGOs of the displaced Ukrainian population; preparation of a guide to assistance to displaced people and legal dissemination among displaced Ukrainians and the organizations that assist them with all the regulations that help them claim their rights. The Group of Young Lawyers (AJA) of Madrid have also created a working group to legally help those affected.