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What we do? |
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We contribute to the protection
of the supremacy of law, Human rights and harmonization of the
Bulgarian legislation with the legislation of the European Community.
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How we do it? |
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By: |
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 Creating
and organizing network of lawyers all over the country; |
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Monitoring
and giving signals to the competent state authorities for violation
of human rights and religious freedom; |
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Intermediation
at solving of problems, professionalism and ethics; |
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Presentation
of expert legal statements in help of the legislation process
in the Republic of Bulgaria; |
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Encouraging
of tolerance in society as a condition for successful international
cooperation and integration of the Republic of Bulgaria to the
European Union. |
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Establishment |
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The Rule of Law Institute (RLI)
was established in December, 1995 to encourage lawyers and other
professionals to promote the Rule of Law in the Republic of
Bulgaria. |
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Samuel Ericsson, a well-known
American lawyer, promotes the Institute and is a member of the
Board of Directors. Latchezar Popov, a Bulgarian barrister at
law, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
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In 1995, Advocates International
President/CEO, Samuel Ericsson, and Latchezar Popov launched
the Rule of Law Institute of Bulgaria to promote rule of law,
justice and human rights. As of 2002, there are over 130 Bulgarian
lawyers, judges, prosecutors, magistrates, investigators and
students in Law associated with the Rule of Law Institute |
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So conceived, established and
founded, the Rule of Law Institute serves as a vehicle, enabling
lawyers to promote rule of law, human rights, religious liberty,
justice and reconciliation, and strengthen fellowship among
Christian professionals. |
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Our Purposes |
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Since its establishment in 1995,
RLI has fixe seven organizational purposes as follows: |
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To
contribute to the development of the legal sense of the supremacy
of law, human rights and solving of arguments and conflicts; |
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To
organize a national network of lawyers and law students with
Christian ethics; |
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To
help and encourage lawyers and law students to integrate their
Christian ethics in their professional life; |
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To
mobilize at the national and local levels skills, needed to
promote justice, religious liberty and conflict resolution;
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To
encourage, educate and help law students with Christian values
in their preparation for the legal profession; |
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To
organize conferences, seminars and lectures in the sphere of
law and ethics; |
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To
cooperate with bar associations and other organization in asserting
and maintaining of high standards in the legal ethics. |
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Our Metod |
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The
Institute heightens confidence in the Constitution as the basic
law, and the other laws as main regulators of the legal order
of the State. |
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The
Institute encourages and assists State Institutions, public
organizations and individuals in the process of setting the
Bulgarian legislation in conformity with the legal principles
and regulations of the European legislation and implementing
this legislation in concrete cases. |
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The
Institute assists State Institutions, public organizations and
individuals in their need of legal knowledge and encourages
the publication of the ratified and promulgated international
treaties, to which Bulgaria is a party. |
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The
Institute helps the associated members in taking legal issues,
gives statements and helps the associated members in the legal
cases of judicial and administrative practice, arranges meetings
and assists the formation of legal attitudes. The activity of
the Institute is performed by specialists as well as others
joining the Institute from Bulgaria and abroad. |
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The
Institute works in all legal and administrative fields, focusing
on solving serious problems related to human rights and freedoms,
which are conditions for joining of Bulgaria to the European
Community. |
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Our Guiding Pinciples
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We
integrate both the horizontal and vertical dimensions of law
and life, recognizing that law reform without ethical reform
is insufficient. |
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Our
concern is justice, emphasizing what is right, not politics,
which emphasizes who has the power. |
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Our
guiding principle is the universal Golden Rule: treating others
as we would want to be treated. |
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