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The 2026 IBA Annual Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
For those who arrive the day before the official programme commences, the Zurich Host Committee has organised an informal Sunday afternoon and evening programme. Delegates will be able to choose between cultural and culinary options in the afternoon, stabilising either their mind or their body. This will also be the opportunity to meet other conference attendees in an informal setting and get that special 'Closely Held' feeling.
Further details and information regarding prices and registration are contained in the Conference Programme PDF.
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The Committee aims to gather global information on barriers to justice and solutions, focusing on statutory schemes like legal aid. Findings will be shared through reports and events, with all information available on the website for those unable to attend. Acting as a central hub within the IBA, the Committee will coordinate efforts on access to justice and legal aid, collaborating with other committees on joint projects. The IBA’s global reach will support the exchange of best practices, offering valuable insights for jurisdictions facing challenges in maintaining or improving access to justice during times of austerity.
IBA members, past delegates, and newcomers – find essential information on booking and attending the conference here. Network with peers, learn from experts, and experience Canada – book your spot today!
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The Negligence and Damages Committee has the object of providing information from a range of jurisdictions worldwide. Participants will gain practical knowledge which will enable them to deliver a better service to clients in their own jurisdiction. Equally, when consulted by clients who were injured in other jurisdictions, on ships, on aircraft or elsewhere, the committee activities provide information and networking opportunities with colleagues which will enable lawyers to undertake such cases on an international basis.
Negligence and Damages are evolving fields of law in many jurisdictions. The committee seeks to equip its members with the ability to understand and influence these changes in the legal environment.
10th World Women Lawyers' Conference: Driving Change
Welcome to the International Commerce, Trade, Franchising and Product Law Section online. Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Jun 02, 2021
An increase on the personal assets tax rate in Argentina in 2019, and the creation of a new emergency tax levied on Argentine tax residents and certain nationals’ wealth, encouraged many Argentine families and individuals to restructure their assets in a tax-efficient fashion.
For both the prosecution and defense litigation carries risk, cost and uncertainty; in most jurisdictions there are therefore formal and/or informal processes for engaging with enforcement authorities.
26th Annual Transnational Crime Conference
Welcome to the Taxation Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Unregulated Providers of Legal Services Information Paper
This session will focus on the impact, value, and challenges of data as an asset on the legal services market. Just like any other, the market for legal services globally has been impacted (and will continue to be impacted) by the use of data analysis and ‘Big Data’. Now law firms and other entities that render legal services must consider the use of data to adapt their business strategies. This change will also carry challenges that come along with the use of data, such as the protection of privacy and other regulations that might be applicable.
Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum conference
Welcome to the Corporate Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Jul 25, 2023
A conference report on the ‘Big Data/big challenge: lawyers managing their information’ session from the Biennial IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference: Technology, social media and artificial intelligence: challenges for the legal industry in the digital age.
Welcome to the Criminal Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Aug 02, 2021
In July 2021, the Israeli Tax Authority requested information from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration on affluent Israelis and their families in connection with bank accounts and assets held by them in Switzerland, individually and through foreign companies.
Antitrust/competition law considerations for information sharing between life sciences companies
Welcome to the Human Resources Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
China’s legislature finally completed the enormous and arduous project of enacting the first comprehensive codification of its civil laws this year. Promulgated in the age of data, the Civil Code not only covers the traditional aspects of civil law but privacy and personal information.
In the digital age, concerns around traditional pricing cartels are being reshaped by the rise of algorithmic pricing and automated information exchange. This session will explore the latest developments in enforcement, provide practical guidance for companies and consider the fine line between the legitimate use of data and anti-competitive behaviour.
29th Annual Competition Conference
Welcome to the Dispute Resolution Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
May 24, 2023
The Norway Transparency Act, a mandatory human rights due diligence law that came into force last year, includes a right to information. While the right to information is considered a part of freedom of expression, the right has previously applied only to states. Its inclusion in the Norwegian law has led stakeholders in Norway, as well as non-governmental organisations, investors, unions and others outside of Norway, to use the law as a discovery tool to obtain specific insights into global company programmes and issue management, and how salient risks are being addressed. While we have not yet seen other national governments or the EU adopt a similar provision, it is certainly something to watch.
Welcome to the Financial Services Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Challenging the status quo: applying trauma-informed approaches to legal education and training
Welcome to the Law and Individual Rights Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Apr 25, 2024
In the era of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the immediacy of communications, customers increasingly expect concise, fast and precise responses. Promptly answering to the business requirements is pivotal. Like industrial organisations, those that offer services also need to adapt their processes and resources to meet this demand for agility and efficiency. Digitalisation has become a vital tool to satisfy these needs. It optimises, simplifies and facilitates tasks, increases productivity and improves results. But, for whom?
Generative AI has ignited a global debate over intellectual property rights, the flow of information and the future of creativity. As AI systems train on vast datasets scraped from the internet — including copyrighted news articles, photographs, books, music, and creative works — fundamental questions emerge, and the legal landscape is fracturing.
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Welcome to the Maritime and Aviation Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
May 30, 2022
Chinese enterprises and individuals have increasingly become involved in cross-border investigations in relation to extraterritorial enforcement activities or other activities for which provision of information is required by foreign entities. However, under the Chinese legal framework – especially the new 2021 Data Security Law – cross-border provision of information has become increasingly difficult. The provision of such requested information to an entity in a foreign jurisdiction may conflict with mandatory Chinese laws. This article first provides an overview of Chinese legislative framework under the new Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) – both promulgated in 2021 – and the Cybersecurity Law. It includes reference to the definitions of ‘important data’ under the 2017 draft recommended national standard ‘Guidelines for Cross-Border Data Transfer Security Assessments’ and of ‘personal information’ under the PIPL, and the latest consultation on cross-border data transfer security assessment under the Cross-border Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures (Draft for Comment) issued on 29 October 2021. By reference to different scenarios in which a Chinese company or individual may be required by a foreign entity to provide information to it, it then discusses the requirements for evaluating whether any approval from Chinese competent authorities is required, and discusses the criteria for evaluating how, if permissible, the information could be transferred in compliance with Chinese data protection legislation.
Regulators and litigators seem to be playing catch up with Big Tech and misuse of personal information as they try to reign in Big Tech's reach and power.
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Welcome to the Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Law Section online
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your section.
Dec 18, 2025
This article argues that advances in AI will require a fundamental shift in how competition law, particularly Article 101 TFEU, conceptualises information exchange. Drawing on cybernetics and information theory, it reframes ‘agreements’ as measurable exchanges of mutual information between systems. As AI-driven markets become black boxes, intuitions about what it means to ‘agree’ will no longer apply. Enforcement will depend on statistical analysis of machine data flows. Shannon’s concept of information as entropy will be key to how authorities develop the technology needed to detect information exchange and apply the so-called ‘Bob Test’ in a fully algorithmic marketplace.
7th IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference
The Arab Regional Forum provides lawyers active in, or with an interest in the region, with a means to establish contact and exchange information with each other. A particular focus of interest is the continuing economic importance of the region, including reconstruction and investment projects following peace initiatives.
The Mining Law Committee seeks to promote the interchange of information and views, and to advance knowledge among individual members of the committee and others as to laws, practices and procedures affecting all activities concerning minerals and mining throughout the world. The committee is part of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law.
Sep 15, 2020
In Turkey, an already stifling environment for free speech online is set to be worsened by a new law strengthening state control of social media platforms. Adopted by the Turkish parliament in July and entering full force in early October, the new law amends Turkey’s existing regulation on internet broadcasts.
The changing data protection landscape and challenges in the use and disclosure of patient health information for research and innovation
Welcome to the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)
Here you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your Section.
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There has never been so much attention paid to how information technology could help courts and arbitration institutions conduct cases during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is as true in China as in the rest of the world. In fact, information technology has been quietly adopted and widely used by judiciaries in many countries since the 1990s when the Netherlands judiciary set up its first platform to discuss information technology for its courts.
The session will seek to provide insight into the role of lawyers in contributing to this encroachment on global human rights of freedom of expression and access of information through pre-action demand letters, injunctions, and SLAPP suits, as well as the role of the bar, judges, and professional associations in stemming the tide of this abuse.
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The Banking and Financial Law Committee provides a worldwide forum for banking lawyers and other legal professionals within the banking community to address all sorts of practical and legal issues arising in commercial and regulatory activities in this context. The Committee has held one of the IBA’s most popular and well established events, the International Financial Law Conference, every year since 1984. Below you will find information, updates, news and other resources relevant to your committee.
China’s Civil Code and the fast-evolving personal information protection regime- July 2020
Additionally, legal considerations regarding data protection regulations, such as the GDPR, will be examined in relation to the remote workforce's handling of sensitive information. The session will also cover the evolving cybersecurity risks in remote work environments and strategies to mitigate these risks while ensuring compliance.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2025
Welcome to the Water Law Committee online. The Water Law Committee focuses on legal issues associated with water as a critical resource and as a basic need and building block throughout the world. The Committee seeks to promote the active exchange of information and views on the use of water as a limited resource and an infrastructure opportunity, the controversies on water and the governance and business of water. The Water Law Committee is part of the IBA Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law
As the coronavirus spreads around the world – there are now cases in over 60 countries – law firms all over the world need to take immediate and urgent action to develop a plan and a strategy to deal with the consequences of the virus as it impacts their law firms and their clients.
Social media has taken over the dissemination of news particularly for the younger generations, Y and Z, who rely upon digital content. Information on social media can typically be traced and attributed, although anonymous trolls and false accounts are a problem.
Fourth IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium
The Criminal Law Committee provides a forum for members from various countries and criminal justice systems to meet, exchange views, and monitor developments in criminal law. The Committee focuses on transnational and international issues. The Committee keeps members informed through newsletters and rapporteurs. The member listings, organised by location and practice area, allow for case referrals, cooperation in transnational criminal cases, and the exchange of professional experiences. This platform also offers opportunities for members to assist one another in transnational criminal law matters and share expertise in related cases.
Jan 22, 2020
Madrid, 21 de enero de 2020 - La International Bar Association o IBA publica por primera vez en español su histórico informe sobre intimidación y acoso sexual. El informe ¿Nosotros también? La intimidación y el acoso sexual en las profesiones jurídicas (Us Too? Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession) se presentará oficialmente en Madrid el miércoles 22 de enero en una mesa redonda organizada por la IBA en colaboración con el Consejo General de la Abogacía Española.
Geospatial information is vital for national development, policy and decision-making, programs and projects, and to achieve sustainable social, environmental and economic development. While geospatial information is able to be presented in many forms and mediums, its main strength is that it provides the integrative platform for all digital data that has a location dimension to it. Collaborative information systems that are comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated, underpinned by geospatial information technologies and applications, are providing the evidence on where people interact with their place, events and activities.
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Insurance is present in every facet of commercial, industrial and private life. Lawyers practising in many different fields encounter insurance and its problems and can greatly benefit from the knowledge which membership of this Committee provides.
The Committee aims to provide its members, and the Division as a whole, with information about developments in insurance and reinsurance law and markets throughout the world as well as with specialist knowledge to assist in the efficient solution of practical insurance problems. New insurance products are also brought to the attention of members.
Jan 13, 2025
The Chinese data protection regime, along with extensive supplementary implementing regulations, exerts a comprehensive influence on data protection regulations with extraterritorial implications and significant impacts on companies conducting business in China, with a particular emphasis on the supervision of cross-border data transfers. Companies engaged in the processing of personal information of individuals residing within the territory of China during business operations may be subject to regulatory oversight, regardless of whether they are physically established in China.
Law firms have access to more data (referrals, contact information, opportunities, activities etc.) than ever before. However, most fail to harness that information and use it to further their business development strategy.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Mediation Committee focuses on laws, practices and procedures relating to the mediation, conciliation, and negotiation of transnational disputes, as well as other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. The committee seeks to advance the information available to the international legal community about such processes and techniques for implementing them; to contribute to the development of improved practices and ethical standards in the field; and to draw attention to legal developments and problems relating to mediation and ADR. Additionally, the Mediation Committee works with the following IBA committees to form the Dispute Resolution Section: Arbitration, Class Action Committee, Litigation, Negligence and Damages.
Dec 20, 2023
La última investigación sobre la desigualdad de género en la profesión legal global, realizada por la Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) de la International Bar Association (IBA), se centra en Chile.
Created through a collaborative
international process, the protocol was designed to set professional standards and guidelines for the identification, collection, preservation, verification and analysis of digital open source Information. The ultimate aim was to improve the effective use of
such information in international criminal, human rights, and humanitarian investigations, and ultimately, courts.
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The Pro Bono Committee promotes pro bono legal services globally, through the IBA Pro Bono Declaration, the exchange of information and initiatives, and by promoting best practices.
Pro bono work supports access to justice where this right is not fully supported by legal aid. The Committee provides resources, including digital content and articles highlighting pro bono efforts by legal professionals, which can be found below.
The Committee is committed to advancing pro bono work across the profession and welcomes new members passionate about contributing to this mission.
El nuevo informe del Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Barra Internacional de Abogados (IBAHRI), presenta el resultado de más de nueve años de acompañamiento y observación al desarrollo de la acción penal contra la Jueza María Lourdes Afiuni en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. La Jueza Afiuni fue sometida a detención arbitraria cuando se desempeñaba como Jueza 31 de Control del Area Metropolitana de Caracas. La detención se realizó tras su decisión de sustituir la privación de libertad de un presun
The IBA Arbitration Committee focuses on laws, practice and procedures relating to the arbitration of transnational disputes. Through its conferences, publications and projects, the Committee seeks to share information about international arbitration, promote its use and improve its effectiveness. Become a member of the Committee to benefit from networking opportunities, discounts on conferences and the opportunity to write for IBA publications. You can also get involved with the work of the Committee, which is detailed further below.
Download the Arbitration Committee membership presentation for full details of the Committee's work.
Feb 17, 2023
This article will outline the development of China’s restrictions on the cross-border transfer of personal information (PI export), detailing PI export mechanisms provided by the Personal Information Protection Law. It will also explain the practical implications of the restrictions.
How do Government, law firms and information providers assist? We will discuss how to stay on top of legal developments. We will hear from providers of knowledge, users of information and others in the legal sector cycle.
IBA Middle East Conference: Law firms and in-house legal departments working together
The Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee focuses on all legal aspects pertaining to art, artists, the art market and cultural heritage. The Committee’s interest extends from antiquities all the way to contemporary and ultra-contemporary works of art.
With members from over 50 countries - including experts in museums, galleries, auction houses, and cultural heritage protection - the Committee fosters communication among legal professionals on all matters involving Art and Cultural Property Law. Our goal is to establish a worldwide network of Art and Cultural Property lawyers with information and discussion links to relevant NGOs, institutes of art law, and governmental organisations.
In the small hours of the morning of Thursday 13 June 2019, China’s Cyberspace Administration released its Measures on Security Assessment for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information (Exposure Draft). The Measures, outlined in this article, were open for public comment until 13 July 2019.
The Taxes Committee encourages interface between international tax specialists and promotes the building of networks among tax lawyers worldwide to assist them in better serving the interests of their clients. The committee is divided informally into four practice group areas: Income Taxes, Other Taxes, Tax Litigation and Employee Benefits.
Members are encouraged to contribute to the committee newsletter which is published two to three times per year and to present papers at committee conferences and seminars. The committee also offers tax executives a forum, in its Tax Executives group, to exchange expertise and skills with their colleagues in industry on topics of special interest.
By Charles (Xuchao) Feng. Compliance requirements and regulatory trends regarding the cross-border transfer of personal information in China
On the other hand, much of our information and misinformation is put up on social media, online platforms, bulk messaging services, etc. The session will explore the importance of these sources of information; the need to protect these sources; the right to freedom of trade and profession; which of these rights is to be protected more; and where the balance lies.
Fourth IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium
The Committee provides a forum for all international lawyers who are interested in discussing and debating issues affecting the practice of law. In today's world a lawyer may face conflicting duties and the application of professional standards may be far from apparent. The Committee focuses on developments of international significance and seeks active collaboration with other committees and constituents in providing programmes at the IBA conferences.
The Committee works closely with the IBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics which is concerned with the maintenance and periodical reform of the International Code of Ethics.
The Committee seeks to facilitate relevant networking and information/experience sharing opportunities and encompasses the social and collegial interests of both members and potential members with other regional fora, the Corporate Counsel Forum and the Young Lawyers Committee and all LPD committees in general.
On 9 April 2020, at the United Nations Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) issued a joint statement calling on states to respect the rule of law and fundamental human rights when considering responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the United Nations Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) issued a joint statement on the protection of economic, social and cultural rights during the Covid-19 crisis.
On 9 April 2020, at the United Nations Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) issued a joint statement with multiple NGOs on the UN’s Covid-19 response.
The speakers will discuss the critical intersection of data privacy and corruption, focusing on the challenges and strategies for protecting personal information in the context of anti-corruption efforts. As advancements in technology enable the processing of vast amounts of data, concerns surrounding the misuse of personal information for corrupt purposes have escalated. From insider trading to government surveillance, corruption schemes often involve the exploitation of sensitive data, highlighting the urgent need for robust data privacy safeguards.
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Dr Evelien Bruggeman provides the second instalment of her article on BIM in the Netherlands, addressing the possible use of selection criteria for the BIM component, the award criteria for BIM and in particular the use of a BIM Execution Plan.
HumanRightsConfession-driven criminal justice systems incur a higher risk of torture and coercion during investigations and other information gathering processes. The Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering, officially launched in June 2021, offer a solution-oriented approach to moving away from confession-based interrogations, towards rapport-based interviewing alongside the implementation of legal and procedural safeguards.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
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