41. 委员会感到关切的是，持续有报告称，律师受到压力和骚扰，特别是那些受理政治敏感案件的律师，包括通过律师认证委员会的认证程序施加压力，该委员会可能会对律师的专业知识进行负面评估，委员会感到遗憾的是，没有资料说明就受理案件后被吊销执照提出的有效上诉的情况。委员会还感到关切的是，据报道，2017 年 9 月对 20 多名律师进行了特别检查，这种检查对明斯克市律师协会的律师影响尤为严重，还有报告称，律师协会和司法部之间的关系正在损害法律职业的独立性(第十四和第二十二条)。
41. The Committee is concerned at continuous reports of pressure on and harassment of lawyers, particularly those taking on politically sensitive cases, including through the certification procedure of the lawyers’ certification commission, which may issue a negative assessment of lawyers’ professional knowledge, and regrets the absence of information on the availability of effective appeals against the ensuing revocation of licences. The Committee is also concerned about the extraordinary inspections reportedly conducted in respect of more than 20 lawyers in September 2017, which especially affected lawyers of the Minsk City Bar Association, and about reports that the relationship between the bar associations and the Ministry of Justice is undermining the independence of the legal profession (arts. 14 and 22).