IBA Human Rights Institute

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) works to promote, protect and enforce human rights under a just rule of law. We believe in the fundamental right of the world’s citizens to have disputes heard and determined by an independent judiciary, and for judges and lawyers to be able to practice freely without interference.

To learn more about how IBAHRI works to advance human rights and the rule of law across the globe, visit the activities page. Alternatively, go to the regions page to see specific country projects.

• The latest IBA ICC monitoring report was launched on 9 June at the South African Embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands.
• The IBAHRI are honoured to welcome officials from Bhutan, including the Attorney General, on 11 and 12 June.
• The IBA ICC outreach programme is hosting an event in Maputo, Mozambique at the end June.
• IBAHRI is hosted a well attended debate on the rule of law in Sri Lanka at the Law Society in London, click here to watch the debate.
• The IBAHRI is currently providing technical advice to Colombian parliamentarians and lawyers regarding the establishment of a national bar association.

• IBAHRI welcomes Togo’s decision to abolish death penalty 
  26 June 2009
• IBA encouraged by the progress of ICC’s first case but says Court still faced with many obstacles 11 June 2009
• IBAHRI launches international human rights fact-finding guidelines 02 June 2009

Read all our press releases here.

• Justice in retreat: A report on the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka
• Equality of Arms Review: ICC and Africa, March 2009 
• The IBAHRI 2008 Annual Report