The right to advocate request as a fundamental guarantee of providing qualified legal assistance

Purpose: To investigate the analyses of the legal regulation the features of the right to advocate request in the Republic of Belarus to develop science-based proposals for improvement of Belarusian legislation regulating the relations of the study area. Methodology: The author used such general and special methods of scientific knowledge as analysis, synthesis, comparatively-legal and formally-legal methods. Results: The article analyzes the legal status of advocate as a key subject in protecting the rights, freedoms and lawful interests of individuals and legal entities, as well as the state. Studying the relevant norms of the Belarusian legislation showed actual declarative norms guaranteeing the right to advocate request because of the lack of legislative consolidation of specific deadlines for the submission of information on request, as well as the lack of legal liability for breach of duty subject to certain reporting on such a request. As a result, the author proposes concrete measures to improve the legal regulation of the right to advocate request by making additions to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus. Novelty/originality/value: The article analyzes the current problems of the actual declarative law regulating advocate request. The article has scientific and practical significance, as well as theoretical and practical value because it is the first comprehensive study of the Republic of Belarus indicated the scope of the relationship, and also contains scientifically and theoretically proposals to improve the legislation of the Republic of Belarus.