International Bar Association

EU Legislative Interests

Antitrust Legalisation, Alternate Disputes Resolution Policies, Rule of Law Issues, Human Rights Issues, Business and Human Rights Issues, Environmental Law Issues, Climate Change Justice, Human Trafficking, BEPS, Taxation

Communication Activities

Since 2004, the IBA's European Regional Forum has been developing and strengthening the existence of the IBA within Europe by promoting its goals to both members and non-members, disseminating professional know-how, and assisting committees and other constituencies of the IBA. Link: https://www.ibanet.org/unit/Regional+Fora/committee/European+Regional+Forum/3109 Survey on implementation of the EU Shareholders’ Rights Directive II in the EU: The IBA Securities Law Committee has, together with law firms from the 28 EU Member States, conducted a survey in order to compare the national implementation of the EU Shareholders’ Rights Directive II in those jurisdictions. Link: https://www.ibanet.org/MediaHandler?id=e02411ae-ae43-48d2-88d4-a9436c595db4 The IBA's Legal Policy and Research Unit had earlier submitted a reflection paper to the European Union, as part of a consultation on the rule of law. The EU asked all stakeholders for their views about existing mechanisms for strengthening compliance and dealing with rule of law breaches by Member States. The IBA's response, drafted with the assistance of the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security, reiterates its commitment to promoting the rule of law through a variety of means. In Brussels, the IBA had co-hosted a half-day roundtable with the European Commission and the International Labour Organization on topic of workplace bullying and sexual harassment. Link for IBA Projects: https://www.ibanet.org/LPRU Link to the IBA Reports referring to the work of the European Commission: https://www.ibanet.org/LPRU-Reports Link to IBA LPRU Climate Crisis Hub Page: https://www.ibanet.org/LPRU/Climate-Crisis Link to IBA Climate Crisis Registry: https://www.ibanet.org/IBA-Climate-Registry . The IBA Climate Crisis Registry is a unique climate knowledge sharing platform for bar associations and law societies and includes several bar organisations from the European Union area.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

ECOSOC Special since 1947 Consultative Status https://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&tab=1&profileCode=480 UN Global Compact status: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/5370#cop

Organisation Members

Enclosed please find the link enlisting the names of the organisations that are members of the International Bar Association: Link: https://www.ibanet.org/MembershipOrganisations/Default.aspx

Additional Information

Enclosed please find the annual financial statement and report of full accounts of the International Bar Association for the year ending 31 December 2024, available here at the following link (below): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC028342/filing-history The financial statement covers the overall expenditure of the overall activities of the organisation which includes expenses incurred for all regional activities in the world, without any specific reference to any region. Please refer to relevant pages of the "Report and Financial Statements" document for the year that ended on 31 December 2024. Full Accounts made upto 31 December 2025, will be available by mid-July 2026 at the following link: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC028342/filing-history