translate English to French: Principle 18 of the Basic Principles provides that “Lawyers shall not be identified with their clients or their clients' causes as a result of discharging their functions.” Throughout his mandate, however, the Special Rapporteur discovered, as had his predecessor, that this principle is one of the most routinely breached.
Le principe 18 des Principes de base dispose que « les avocats ne doivent pas être assimilés à leurs clients ou à la cause de leurs clients du fait de l'exercice de leurs fonctions ».