Your lawyer also has important rights
Right to practice (Courts Manual 1999, para. 3(1), Art.
3(4) – (7), 7).
Right to provide you with representation (Courts
Manual, Vol. II, para. 455)
Right to hear the evidence and the witnesses (Code of
Criminal Procedure, Art. 353 and 360).
Right to know the facts of the case and argue
vigorously (Ethics of the Legal Practitioners Duties and
Rights Seventh Edition, Union of Myanmar Bar Council,
Art. 141).
Right to sufficient time to receive instructions and
study documents (Courts Manual, Vol. II, Art. 457;
ICCPR, Art. 14(3)(b)).
Right not to be identified with you or your cause
(Constitution, Art. 375; UN Declaration on the Basic
Principles on the Role of the Lawyer, Principle 18