From the Constitution to the decisions of the National Council of the Bar, find the texts that govern the legal profession in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the life of the Kinshasa/Matete Bar.
Article 19 guarantees the right of defence: everyone has the right to defend themselves or to be assisted by counsel of their choice, at every stage of criminal proceedings.
The founding text of the profession: access to pupillage and the Roll, organs of the Bar (General Assembly, Bar Council, President), lawyers' rights and duties, fees, discipline, and the National Bar Association.
Decision No. CNO-8-87 of the National Council of the Bar, as amended by Decision No. 4 CNO of 24 February 2001: common rules of ethics and procedure applicable to all bars.
The texts behind the creation of the capital's two bars — Kinshasa/Gombe and Kinshasa/Matete — replacing the former Kinshasa Bar.
It organises the courts and tribunals before which lawyers practise, including the Kinshasa/Matete Court of Appeal.
Court dress, prior authorisation, membership fees, elections, spacing of admission tests, bans on setting up in another bar or opening branch offices, adjournments.
Adopted by the Bar Council in accordance with the Framework Internal Rules.
The official list of lawyers enrolled at the Bar, available in the online directory.
General decisions of the Bar Council of the Kinshasa/Matete Bar.
Adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime (Havana, 1990): access to lawyers, guarantees for the practice of law, and lawyers' freedom of expression and association.
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This library links to official publications of the National Bar Association and to public legal databases. Only the version published in the Official Journal or by the Bar is authoritative. To obtain a Bar document, please contact the secretariat: barreaukinshasamatete1@yahoo.fr.