Co-Chair
Robert Bernstein
Co-Chair
Federica
D'Alessandra
Rule of Law Forum
The Rule of Law Forum, established in 2007, supports IBA members in advocating for the Rule of Law, as per the 2005 Prague Resolution. Originally the Rule of Law Action Group, the Forum operates within the Section on Public and Professional Interest (SPPI). Its purpose is to assist members in responding to the IBA Council's call to support the Rule of Law in their communities. The Forum's activities are led by Co-Chairs, with Vice-Chairs assisting them. The Forum does not have formal membership but maintains a circulation list. Liaison members from other IBA committees help integrate Rule of Law into their work.
Current Projects
Download to view Rule of Law Forum: Strategy 2023/24
Download to view Endangered Lawyers Data Coalition (EDLC)
Forthcoming conferences and webinars View All Conferences
IBA Rule of Law Forum on enforcement or erasure: non-refoulement
30 Jul 2026 0100 - 0200 BST
Webinar
Publications
Rule of Law Forum Panel, Turkiye 2023
A conference panel report of the Rule of Law Panel organised by the International Bar Association Rule of Law Forum and Bilkent Human Rights Center. The panel was held on 6 October 2023 in Ankara, Türkiye.
Released on Jan 16, 2024
Events
Paris Annual Conference
Rule of law forum speakers in Paris, November 2023
Webinars and videos
Webinars
- Model litigants: recognising the roles and delivering on the duties of government and public lawyers
- Constitution after coup: United States - a Rule of Law Forum series
- Constitution after coup: South Korea – a Rule of Law Forum series
- Constitution after coup: Brazil - a Rule of Law Forum series
- The foundation for integrity and the rule of law starts within - the global call for judicial wellbeing
- Reversing the backslide in the rule of law and LGBTQI+ rights
- INTERPOL and the rule of law
- The rule of law and media freedom: a symbiotic relationship
- Investment in Latin America and the rule of law
Videos
- Rule of Law Symposium: IBA Benjamin B Ferencz Rule of Law Lifetime Achievement Award, Toronto 2025
- Rule of Law Symposium: Sanctions - economic warfare and the law, Toronto 2025
- Rule of Law Symposium: civility and the legal profession, Toronto 2025
- Rule of Law Symposium: The future of multilateralism - international law and institutions in an era of impunity and great power competition, Toronto 2025
- Rule of Law Symposium: IBA Benjamin B Ferencz Rule of Law Lifetime Achievement Award, Mexico 2024
- Rule of Law Symposium: when the Rule of Law and democracy clash, which prevails? Mexico 2024
- Rule of Law Symposium: the Rule of Law in the Americas, Mexico 2024
- Rule of Law Symposium: defending and restoring the global rule of law, Mexico 2024
- Advancing the Rule of Law: A Fireside Chat with the Presidents of the IBA and ICC Court
- Rule of Law Symposium: accountability and justice, Paris 2023
- Rule of Law Symposium: assessing the impact of the judicial appointments process in under-mining the rule of law, Paris 2023
- Rule of Law Symposium: does the rule of law apply to sanctions, Paris 2023
- Rule of Law Symposium on Ukraine - the role and rule of law in modern conflict, Miami 2022
- Rule of Law Symposium on Leadership and the Powers of the Executive, Miami 2022
- Rule of Law Symposium - LexisNexis Lifetime Achievement Award to last living prosecutor of Nuremberg Benjamin Ferencz, Miami 2022
- Rule of Law Symposium: misinformation – what the United States, and others, do to counter misinformation, Miami 2022
- Rule of Law Symposium: persecution of lawyers and judges – threats to the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession, Seoul 2019
- Rule of Law Symposium: combatting international terrorism: implications for the rule of law, Washington DC, 2016
- Rule of Law video series
Subcommittees and other groups
The Rule of Law Forum also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.
- Rule of Law Forum Advisory Board