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Jan 13, 2017
COMUNICADO À IMPRENSA: sexta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2017. Diante das rebeliões ocorridas em presídios de Manaus e Roraima no Brasil, os quais resultaram na morte de cerca de 100 pessoas e na fuga de diversos presos, o Instituto de Direitos Humanos da International Bar Association (IBAHRI), exorta as profissões jurídicas do país a trabalharem com urgência pela melhoria das condições das prisões e pela criação de ambientes nos quais os direitos humanos dos presos e servidores do sistema prisional sejam respe
The paradigm for water management has fundamentally shifted. Once considered a limitless utility, reliable water access is now one of the most critical vulnerabilities for both public and private enterprises in the face of persistent drought, climate volatility and population growth.
For sanitation companies and water utilities, the 'dry tap' scenario — the point at which supply can no longer meet demand — has moved from a hypothetical worst case to a foreseeable business reality.
In this new reality, water recycling and reuse are no longer innovative options; they are essential components of climate adaptation and business continuity.
This session confronts the profound legal exposure for directors and officers who fail to act. We will explore how the decision to delay, defer, or reject capital investment in proven water reuse technologies is being reframed as a critical failure of oversight and a direct breach of fiduciary duty.
When a utility fails, or a corporation's operations halt due to a predictable water shortage, stakeholders — from investors to regulators to the public — will not ask if the board knew about water recycling, but why they failed to implement it.
IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026
The Power Law Committee provides a forum for energy lawyers from diverse legal backgrounds to interact, share ideas, new trends, and foster collegiality.
We explore different topics: international ownership, mitigating climate change, energy transition, regulatory methodologies, power purchase arrangements, transmission siting, access and pricing, engineering procurement and construction, operation and maintenance, reliability standards and compliance, fuel procurement and hedging arrangements, new technologies, among others.
We aim to provide our members with practical and useful advice to better serve clients, and to offer the opportunity for collaboration, networking and friendships.
A Instituto de Direitos Humanos da Associação Internacional de Advogados (“IBAHRI”) e o Iniciativa Anti-tortura (“ATI”) expressam grande preocupação e condenam a decisão do Governo brasileiro de estabelecer severas limitações ao trabalho do Mecanismo Nacional de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura (“Mecanismo Nacional”). A medida representa uma perigosa redução da proteção dos indivíduos privados de liberdade.
DiversityInclusionD&O claims are on the rise across the globe. Over the last decade directors and officers of public and private companies have increasingly become targets in civil litigation, government investigations, and enforcement actions.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Aug 15, 2024
Parte do projeto “50:50 até 2030”, o relatório examina a disparidade de gênero na profissão jurídica no Brasil.
This session will talk about how to become an outstanding leader.
Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice: IBA Young Lawyers’ Training Course Helsinki
Sep 10, 2024
In the experience of the Working Group for the Site Visit Model Protocol (the ‘Working Group’), site visits can be a helpful procedural tool in international arbitrations. They serve two general purposes.
IBA Young Lawyers' Committee Training: Becoming a champion
In spring 2018, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Anti-Torture Initiative (ATI) reached the milestone of conducting tailored programmes in all five regions of Brazil on torture prevention and implementing the Istanbul Protocol. The IBAHRI has worked in Brazil since 2010 to support the country in its commitment to eradicate torture as part of its obligations under international law
Site visits are frequently used in energy, mining and construction arbitrations and can be an essential evidentiary tool in international arbitrations. This session is targeted at arbitration lawyers, industry-specific legal practitioners, as well as experts, and will highlight the practical, legal and strategy considerations at play when conducting site visits in arbitration proceedings. Drawing on work conducted by the IBA Arbitration Committee Working Group on Site Visits, the session will also cover current best practice and lessons learnt from past site visits, including how the audience can benefit from the brand new tool IBA Site Visit Model Protocol.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Differing site conditions: contrasting the English and US legal systems
A soft aspect which has hard impact: how cultures and site locations influence the success of a project and what we can learn from diverse cultures.
9th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion
When everything is going online and staff are being asked to work from home, one can still hear construction activities going ahead in several sites in central London and beyond. This article aims to explore the arguments for and against keeping construction sites open during the London lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. If a second wave of the virus eventuates, we may need to address these difficult questions again.
This panel will examine the evolving landscape of corporate accountability, focusing on the personal liability of officers and directors for human rights violations committed by corporations. With rising expectations on companies to uphold human rights standards across global supply chains, executives face increasing scrutiny over their roles and responsibilities. The discussion will address recent legal developments, key cases, and the frameworks that are shaping accountability, from national regulations to international guidelines such as the 'United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights'. Esteemed experts in corporate law, human rights, and governance will analyse the risks and implications for leadership in an era where corporate responsibility extends beyond financial performance.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Oct 11, 2019
O-Gon Kwon is an attorney-at-law at Kim & Chang and serves as the president of the firm’s International Law Institute.
The Covid-19 pandemic brought an intense period of enforced temporary changes to the way we resolve disputes and administer justice. The transition to innovative virtual – remote and online – courts hearings, arbitral and mediation sessions, is both thrilling and concerning. Whether the transition and changes made should be reversed or not, leads to some fundamental questions. It is all about the right balance in protecting both the rights and interests of parties and the public while using technological opportunities which can improve (reform) practices of the court, arbitral tribunals and mediators and assessing improvements in access to and lowering the costs of justice – after all, we should never waste a good crisis.
This joint session aims to map the landscape of the Covid-19 online transition, exploring lessons learned; what has worked, and what has not, promises and best practices for maintaining juridical quality, legitimacy, and efficiency. Initially it seemed the principles to open justice, which remain paramount, were threatened. Yet benefiting from the tech development of wide-spread open-access live streaming, proceedings suddenly became far more accessible than before – just an example: the UK Supreme Court’s livestream of important Brexit litigation was reportedly viewed by almost 30 million people. How reporting restrictions and protected evidence coexist with online open justice is yet to be seen. While saving time and money, relieving parties and their legal teams from the need to travel and time to be called to a hearing, the physical experience of an online hearing is significantly different from being inside a courtroom or before an arbitral tribunal. Could the lack of ritualistic aspects of a formal hearing and feelings of distance, foster distrust rather than belief in the legitimacy of the authority of the court or tribunal? What is the effect of depersonalizing the dispute resolution process, especially non-verbal cues like body language and eye contact (even when web cameras are employed)? May parties feel that they have not been fully heard? Can the required level of trust, for fruitful mediation, be achieved online? How are judges able to properly ascertain the credibility of a witness online? Although virtual hearings suggest that they tend to be more focused than hearings in person, could ‘zoom-fatigue’ be detrimental to the quality of decision-making of judges, lawyers and parties? Just to name a few challenges, which will undoubtedly lead to a lively debate and exploration of best practices in remote dispute resolution.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Old Lisbon Tour itinerary
Baixa – Rua Augusta Arch – Cathedral (Sé) – Largo Portas do Sol – Santa Luzia Viewpoint – Graça – Senhora do Monte – São Vicente de Fora Monastery – Campo de Santa Clara – Feira da Ladra – National Pantheon – Fado Museum – Alfama – Comércio Square.
12th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
Jul 20, 2023
In late May, UK Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) and New York-based firm Shearman & Sterling announced plans to merge.
The objective of the session is to discuss how multinational electronic platforms such as Uber and AirBnB are being held liable or not liable for similar actions in different jurisdictions. The panel will try to answer the question about the existence of a single or multiple principles guiding lawmakers and courts around the globe in regard with accountability of electronic platforms for their wrongdoings.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Apr 05, 2022
Purchasing directors and officers insurance (D&O insurance) is a standard practice for public companies in the United States. The same is not standard practice in another major economic power, China, but that may no longer be the case. The demand for D&O insurance has recently spiked in China in response to the new Chinese Securities Law that went into effect in March 2020.
It is consensus that one of the most difficult subjects regarding damage compensation is establishing the amount due in cases of moral, existential or spiritual suffering imposed by unlawful actions. It is even more challenging when the victims do not have the same cultural background of judges and lawyers, like in cases of harm caused to indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities or isolated communities. This session will dive into this topic to investigate if it is possible to think in criteria or methods to quantify compensation due in such cases.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Mar 09, 2021
O International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute – IBAHRI (Instituto de Direitos Humanos da International Bar Association) apresentou uma petição de amicus curiae ao Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil sobre as leis, normas e padrões regionais e internacionais de direitos humanos, a respeito da jurisdição militar em face de graves violações dos direitos humanos em tempo de paz.
Recently, there has been an increase in cases related to damages incurred in underdeveloped countries that are being brought before European or US courts. A significant number of these cases rely on litigation funding. While litigation funding is allowed in many jurisdictions, it does carry certain risks and ethical concerns, particularly in the context of transnational damages claims. The purpose of this panel is to explore the potential and boundaries (if any) of litigation funding in transnational claims for damages compensation.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
News release, Tuesday 12 November 2018. O Instituto de Direitos Humanos da International Bar Association (IBAHRI) divulgou um vídeo sobre prevenção à tortura no Brasil no qual atores interessados locais e especialistas internacionais opinam sobre o histórico da tortura no país e os desafios atuais para sua prevenção e persecução penal. O vídeo também ilustra como o trabalho do IBAHRI está contribuindo para fortalecer a capacidade de o Brasil defender seu compromisso tanto nacional como internacional com a
The responsibility of supply chains and value chains is an emerging trend in Europe, the US and other parts of the world. Human rights violations by agents in a certain supply or value chain are one of the most common issues when we look at the current ongoing cases in Europe and US. The goal of this panel will be to discuss the current state of affairs on the topic and also to try to anticipate what the next challenges to deal with will be in the coming years.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
By João Augusto Prado da Silveira Gameiro. Brazil: the need to remove limitations on criminal liability of compliance officers - Criminal Law/Business Crime Committees
This panel will examine how traditional legal concepts of fault, duty and causation apply to AI systems and will discuss the allocation of risk among developers, users and third parties. We will address ethical, regulatory and enforcement challenges in AI-related harms and review frameworks for responsible AI governance and compensation mechanisms.
IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026
The reparation movement is one of the most pressing internationally and it presents some very challenging jurisprudential problems worldwide regarding the very concept of damages and the assessment and quantum of damages and the availability of other remedies. The aim of the panel will be to discuss how these challenges shall be addressed locally and internationally.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Dec 04, 2025
This article examines the cybersecurity and data protection requirements for connected medical devices in Brazil, integrating the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency’s (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitári or ANVISA) device safety guidance (including Guide No. 38/2020) with the General Data Protection Law’s (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais or LGPD) obligations when dealing with sensitive health data. The article concludes with a set of practical measures to align clinical safety, regulatory compliance and resilience during Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and software as a medical device (SaMD) deployments.
Professional wellbeing issues may affect lawyers' performance in law firms and lead to malpractice and liability of individuals and firms. This session will investigate what the ethical limits for firms and professions are in order to disclose ongoing wellbeing issues to clients and how it may impact their professional liability in case of mistakes and malpractices.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The present article aims to explore the recent changes in Brazilian regulations brought by Law No. 14,034/20, expected to aid airlines and industry players during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, as well as its impacts on the future development of the aviation sector and the possible creation of a more business-oriented regulatory environment.
Jun 01, 2022
As witnessed in a series of studies, analyses and papers published over the course of 2019−2020, an international consensus was emerging that the public policy concerns arising consistently in connection with digital platforms either required a fundamental rethink of how competition policy should address such concerns or provide the rationale for the creation of a sui generis regulatory regime. If the latter approach were to be chosen, this would mean that competition policy would be left with a complementary role to play, and one that would logically be directed at new modes of commercial behaviour. The genesis of such a public policy choice in the European Union was brought into sharp focus by the protracted competition law investigation into various commercial practices of Google in internet search by the European Commission (the ‘Commission’), which had been ongoing since 2010 and which had to wait to be resolved by the vindication of the Commission’s 2017 decision before the General Court as late as November 2021. In response to the demands by EU Member States that appropriate action be taken to compensate for the slow and arguably ineffective application of EU competition rules, a draft regulatory package was introduced by the Commission in December 2020 that would regulate key problematic business practices of large digital platforms across the EU. Whereas the so-called Digital Services Act was to deal with critical public policy issues that were consumer-facing, it was the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that laid out the unique regime that would apply economic regulation to large digital platforms. The object of this article is to: (1) provide an outline of the defining elements of the DMA; and (2) identify key aspects of that legislation, whether from a substantive, procedural or institutional point of view, where the intended outcomes of the DMA might be compromised.
May 04, 2026
Brazil’s energy sector is undergoing a rapid transformation, driven by the increasing integration of solar and wind power. While these sources offer environmental and strategic benefits, their intermittent nature poses significant challenges for grid stability. As the National Interconnected System struggles with technical and regulatory deficiencies, technological solutions such as smart grids and battery energy storage systems (BESS) become crucial to ensure reliability, flexibility and energy security. Swift regulatory action will be essential for the integration of smart grids and BESS, and, by extension, for the success of Brazil’s energy transition.
Transnational tort litigation: strategy, risk and damages
Mar 31, 2022
Brazilian M&A and venture capital investments have been boosted by the pandemic and by the regulator’s greater openness to technology and innovation, as this article explores.
This panel will explore one of the most complex and contentious issues in climate litigation: establishing a causal link between specific greenhouse gas emissions and the damages caused by climate change. As courts grapple with holding corporations, governments, and other entities accountable for environmental harm, proving direct causation remains a major legal hurdle. The discussion will be about how courts worldwide are addressing this challenge, the role of scientific evidence in tracing emissions to concrete impacts, and the potential evolution of legal standards in this field. Experts in environmental law, climate science, and international litigation will contribute insights to this pressing global issue.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Sep 14, 2022
Modern society is a society of risk. This phenomenon was first described by Ulrich Beck as being a consequence of the modern society. According to Beck, risk is omnipresent because society is increasingly occupied with debating, preventing, and managing risks that it has itself produced. One of the consequences of the risk society phenomenon is the development of new criminal doctrines which seek to maximise prevention in the face of new criminal threats (‘criminal law for risks’).
This session will be using SLIDO. To participate please go to SLIDO.com and enter the code: #7397107
How will artificial intelligence replace, enhance, and undermine dispute resolution and the rule of law? How good will it get at predicting legal outcomes, turning data into stories, finding signs of fraud, discovering fact patterns, selecting the best jurors, and identifying relevant documents? Will judges use ChatGPT to draft their opinions? Will lawyers use it to draft their briefs? Will mediators use it to arrive at settlement ideas? Will clients use it in place of their lawyers? This is no longer the stuff of mere science fiction, and this timely and informative session will delve deeply into how it will change our professions and the services we provide to our clients.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Brazil is currently focused on privatising state-controlled entities. While this may present great investment opportunities, given Brazil’s issues with corruption, it carries a considerable amount of risk. This article establishes practices and precautions to uphold investors’ interests in cases of corruption, fraud or mismanagement. In doing so, it will endeavour to compare the US and Brazil’s statutes of limitation rules, proceeding with a practical analysis of civil actions for damages filed by investo
The life sciences sector is booming, with the venture capital deal volume having increased manifold within the past years. This is accompanied by significant growth in business-to-business (B2B) disputes between life sciences companies including, for instance, those concerning failed joint ventures for new drugs or unauthorised use of third-party intellectual property (IP) rights. The panel will discuss the unique features of the life sciences industry and how the disputes can be avoided or resolved through mediation, litigation and arbitration.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Nov 02, 2023
Incorporating new pharmaceutical technologies is one of the main challenges facing Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS). Inspired by the United Kingdom model, Brazil’s National Commission for the Incorporation of Technology in the SUS (CONITEC) has based the analysis of incorporation on a combination of cost and effectiveness. However, in many cases, uncertainty remains about the advantage of replacing technologies due to the need for more sufficient data, which delays public access to these treatments through the regular channels.
A panel on the latest developments in global merger control.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Apr 29, 2024
M&A activity in Brazil in the healthcare and life sciences sectors soared during the coronavirus pandemic. However, in the aftermath, dealmaking has been drastically affected. Despite the challenges, the current post-pandemic landscape unveils new opportunities, targeting low-risk, complementary and profitable businesses in search for synergy and efficiency.
This joint session is intended to be a dialogue between judges and arbitrators on the topic of the seeming trend of reconsideration and remissions of awards from the bench back to tribunals.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Jan 19, 2026
Unlike many COPs before it, November’s climate summit grappled with some of the real-world challenges of reducing emissions – from global trade to the risks and opportunities of the energy transition.
In some jurisdictions, sitting judges may concurrently serve as arbitrators. Do such dual roles give rise to challenges in terms of impartiality, procedural integrity and public perception? How do they impact litigation in connection with the arbitration? Do they interfere with the performance of judicial duties? And does it differ from judges acting as mediators? This session explores the rationale behind permitting such roles, the potential benefits and the risks involved, offering comparative insights across jurisdictions.
IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026
Oct 13, 2022
There has been tangible change in international commercial relations in light of the 2022 economic sanctions imposed by the EU, UK and US following developments in Ukraine in February 2022. Lord Mance (at a Global Arbitration Review ‘GAR Live London’ in July 2022) made the comment ‘by far the most likely effect of sanctions in international arbitration is to the funding of cases outside Russia where one party is sanctioned and their assets frozen’. This article considers the implications on international arbitration from both procedural and substantive perspectives. It also touches on the implications under international law. In short, there are a number of ‘procedural’ difficulties to ongoing international arbitrations and on the ability to effectively enforce international arbitral awards. There are also risks, although more limited in scope, to substantive provisions of contract which may or may not lead to an increase in arbitration. Although there will be changes and limitations to international arbitration in light of the EU, UK and US sanctions, this article concludes that those limitations and will be minimal in scope and application. This is because arbitral rules and tribunal case management powers can happily regulate the disruption caused by sanctions. The article also concludes that international arbitration will see an increase in the use of orthodox substantive rights and obligations relating to frustration, impossibility, illegality and hardship. Hardship pursuant to various Civil Codes will be especially popular.
At last, a flurry in appointments of female leaders at many of the world’s largest law firms has occurred. This reached cruising speed as from 2020 and has not stopped since. It should not stop!
This showcase will consist in a conversation between some of those top female leaders, the IBA female leadership and a leadership expert from a INSEAD business school.
The dialogue will address the qualities that such leaders bring to the management table and what firms can do to keep the positive vibe from female leadership once they have moved on and have been succeeded by other, male colleagues?
Female Leadership Excellence in Law Firms: coincidence or here to stay?
Based on research involving 64.000 people in 13 countries, John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio identified that there is a shift in the types of leadership traits that are associated with success, morality and happiness.
The old masculine traits of aggression control, conflict and command are rapidly losing ground to behaviour, that is considered more feminine, like: selflessness, empathy, collaboration, flexibility and patience. Both male and female respondents in all researched countries expressed that this is the type of leadership which they consider most suitable for the rapidly changing and unpredictable world we live in. The researchers named this type of leadership: “The Athena Doctrine” (see TEDX Talk).
While these traits can be found both in men and women, it is clear that the Athena Doctrine particularly offers a great opportunity for women to soar in top positions. This session will discuss the following questions:
- How does the Athena doctrine translate to leadership in law firms?
- How do the leaders we have at the session relate to the Athena Doctrine?
- What particular features do they trust that they are bringing to the table?
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Jun 10, 2021
For more than ten years, multinational enterprise groups operating in Portugal with cash pooling arrangements were faced with the interpretation that such intragroup financing was subject to – and not exempt from – stamp duty. In 2020, the country’s stamp duty code was amended to include a specific exemption applicable to cash pooling arrangements. The question is whether this will work in regard to cross-border arrangements and what remedies may be available.
This session will explore the divestment and acquisition of oil and gas assest in the industry, including the key challenges and opportunities faced by oil and gas lawyers.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
This note addresses principles, practices and pitfalls in respect to preliminary interim measures, that is, temporary decisions in the nature of ex parte preliminary orders taken before hearing the affected party (and sometimes without notice). Overall, the popular phrase ‘pushing the envelope’ provides a metaphorical template for considering whether ex parte preliminary orders ‘attempt to extend the current limits of performance’ or simply ‘go beyond commonly accepted boundaries’.
The investor space for oil and gas assets and companies continues to change, driven, amongst others, by ESG requirements, commodity price fluctuations, access to debt and equity financing and host government initiatives. Who will be the owners, partners and financiers of the industry going forward? What types of deals are we likely to see driven by such investors? A number of important M&A and financing issues will be covered in this session.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Dec 18, 2025
This article examines the investigation launched by the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE) into the Soy Moratorium, a multi-stakeholder agreement aimed at curbing deforestation. The investigation is a key development in Brazil’s treatment of sustainability agreements under competition law. The case stems from allegations that the Moratorium operates as a coordinated refusal to purchase soy from non-compliant producers. CADE’s preliminary view characterised the arrangement as a potential buyer cartel, prompting sweeping preventive measures later partially suspended by Brazilian courts. This article compares Brazil’s approach with emerging international guidance, underscoring regulatory uncertainty and the need for clearer CADE standards on environmental cooperation.
With the increase in awareness of environmental rights, climate change litigation is rapidly evolving with novel claims and theories being tested around the world. At the same time, judicial doctrine and decisions are creating challenges for both plaintiffs and defendants, including governments and industries. What can we expect from climate-related litigation against oil and gas companies moving forward? What is the role of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) under Oil & Gas related disputes? These and other important climate litigation issues will be discussed by our panel.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jun 09, 2024
Healthcare may be considered as one of the largest and most complex sectors in the world. Different legal entities and professionals provide services, devices, facilities and insurance, or goods and services to facilitate the provision of healthcare to patients, usually under strong regulation in most countries.
A broad discussion on funding the energy transition, including the role for fossil fuel revenues in financing energy transition projects. How are the first energy transition projects being funded and how can those pioneer projects show the path for providing the necessary up-scaling of financing (both debt and equity) to energy transition projects? And how this discussion is different throughout the regions?
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
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