Are you a lawyer feeling threatened due to the work that you do? Do you require emergency assistance? Apply for the Paris Bar respite scheme.
Are you a lawyer feeling threatened due to the work that you do? Do you require emergency assistance? Apply for the Paris Bar respite scheme.
Applications must be submitted by or on behalf of the lawyer that needs to relocate temporarily due to risks faced in the course of their work. These risks must justify the need for emergency assistance to keep the lawyer safe.
Any lawyer in danger due to their work, in connection with sensitive cases they are working on, such as defending political opponents, journalists, those facing the death penalty, indigenous people, torture victims, LGBT persons, religious minorities, or cases involving corruption or the environment, is eligible for the scheme., irrespective of their country of origin.
Lawyers subject to being struck off or facing fitness to practice procedures are also eligible for the scheme if these measures have been unfairly imposed due to the nature of their cases.
The applicant must be temporarily relocated due to the risks faced in the course of their work and must receive help to stay safe.
The following criteria will be taken into account for each application:
The lawyer, or the organisation representing them, must submit an application to the Paris bar Shelter programme though a specific form.
2021 applications cannot be submitted to the selection committee yet. As soon as they open, an application form will be displayed on this page.
Once all of the required information has been gathered, the application will be submitted to the respite scheme selection committee who will make a decision within two months.
If the application is particularly urgent, it will be fast-tracked in order to provide the lawyer or their organisation with an answer within fifteen (15) working days after the application is deemed complete.
The application form include the following sections:
For any enquiry or if you wish to learn about the opening of the applications, you can contact Shelter Programme here. No Programme application will be processed through this form.