Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Investigator Organization for Supporting Role of Law and Democracy (IOL) and the Kurdistan Bar Association (KBA)

With the aim of providing greater support and benefit to the judicial family, particularly lawyers who are known within the judicial system as (the legal profession, lawyers and advocates, who represent parties before the courts), the Investigator Organization for Supporting Role of Law and Democracy (IOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kurdistan Bar Association (KBA).
Under this Memorandum of Understanding, the Investigator Organization for Supporting Role of Law and Democracy (IOL), in coordination and cooperation with the Kurdistan Bar Association (KBA), will undertake the drafting and preparation of a Lawyers’ Code of Conduct in accordance with international standards and best practices, with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
This Code of Conduct will serve as a professional and guiding framework to facilitate lawyers’ work, enhance their professional capacity, and strengthen the foundations of sound legal practice within the field of justice.
The Memorandum of Understanding also includes further areas of future cooperation and coordination between both parties, aimed at serving the judicial family and legal institutions, in addition to the preparation of the Lawyers’ Code of Conduct.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Thursday, 17 March 2022, at the Kurdistan Bar Association, in the presence of Mr. Bakhtiar Haidar, President of the Kurdistan Bar Association, and Dr. Ahmed Miran, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Investigator Organization for Supporting Role of Law and Democracy (IOL).