Publications for Human Rights Law Committee
Review of Ukrainian war crimes judgments
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian judiciary has been inundated with war crimes cases, requiring immense resources and specialised training.
Released on Apr 3, 2025
IBA highlights ongoing work promoting fundamental rights on UN Human Rights Day
The International Bar Association (IBA) is commemorating the United Nations Human Rights Day by highlighting its ongoing work in protecting and promoting fundamental human rights for all people. The IBA Committees play an integral part in the Association’s continued support of the global legal community…
Released on Dec 11, 2024
Strategic litigation panel
On 19 September 2024, at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City, the IBA Human Rights Law Committee hosted a strategic litigation panel entitled ‘Financial and personal costs of human rights litigation: how to go the distance?’
Released on Sep 19, 2024
The 2024 INTERPOL Repository of Practice: the unresolved tension between facilitating police cooperation and upholding human rights
Few institutions wield as much influence over global law enforcement as International Criminal Police Organisation otherwise known as INTERPOL. With its notices and diffusions systems linking 196 member countries (three more than the United Nations), INTERPOL plays a critical role in facilitating international cooperation to combat serious crime. However, this unparalleled reach is not without risks. In recent years, authoritarian regimes have increasingly misused INTERPOL’s systems, particularly red notices and diffusions, as tools of transnational repression (TNR).