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The article deals with the guarantee of confidentiality in the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and their effect on the implementation of criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine and national law enforcement.

The authors concluded that the European Court of Human Rights number of its decisions on the basis of acts of the Community law which regulated advocacy in the EU, defined the basic principles on which founded the activities of a lawyer: countries - EU member states must ensure free access of client to a lawyer for legal assistance, to ensure that their independence to express a legal opinion on issues that interest the client; different specific activities of lawyers, which requires professional secrecy; even if the activity is not with the lawyer representing clients in court, and from consulting agreements, but it acts to protect or to represent in the sphere of justice or advises on possible participation in the trial, it will not be obliged to inform and cooperate with the competent authorities; should be applied all necessary measures to respect, protect and create conditions for free activity of a lawyer without any discrimination and without improper interference of the authorities or the public, and to ensure confidentiality in the relations between a lawyer and his client. Exceptions to this principle are allowed only if they are provided by law.

It is noted that the European Court of Human Rights on the guarantee of confidentiality in criminal proceedings should be classified into three groups: a) control of legal correspondence ("Eden against Germany," "Out against Switzerland," etc.); b) search in the office of attorney ("Nimitts against Germany", "Romain and Schmit v Luxembourg", "Kolesnichenko against Russia", "Golovan against Ukraine" and others.); c) confidential communication by lawyer with the client ("Campbell and Fell v United Kingdom").

Keywords: advocate secret, guarantees, decisions, the European Court of Human Rights, search.