UNION INTERNATIONALE DES AVOCATS - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS

EU Legislative Interests

The main policies targeted by UIA are those related to human rights; Rule of Law; gender equality; environmental law; access to justice; victims’ rights; criminal justice; civil justice and cross-border litigation; judicial cooperation between EU countries; digitalization of justice systems; E-evidence; business & human rights; immigration and asylum; family law; European labour market; EU antitrust regulations; accession to the ECHR negotiations; data protection; artificial intelligence; taxation issues; IPR and copyright protection; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability.

Communication Activities

* Organisation of events in which EU considerations were addressed: 3–4 July 2025 - Hamburg , Germany - Come on, it’s ESG! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the ESG legal galaxy 20–21 June 2025 - Bordeaux, France - Droit pénal de l’entreprise : prévention du risque et gestion de crises 5–6 June 2025 - London, United Kingdom - 16th UIA Annual Business Law Forum 14–15 March 2025 - Turin, Italy - Legal Implications for Marketing and Advertising Agreements 8–15 March 2025 - Saas-Fee , Switzerland - 19th UIA Winter Seminar - New Technologies including Artificial Intelligence Impacting the Legal Profession 17–18 January 2025 - Vienna, Austria - 33rd UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres 30 October-3 November 2024 - Paris, France - 68th Congress - Among other sessions: Main Theme 1 “Should and can artificial intelligence be regulated?”; Main Theme 2: “Are fashion and sustainable development compatible in a globalised world?”; “From the Rana Plaza tragedy to today: what are the civil and criminal responsibilities of companies in the textile sector?”, organised by the UIA Business and Human Rights, and International Criminal Defence Commissions; “Eu Digital Services Act: what has changed for users and providers?, organised by the UIA Fashion Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Privacy and Rights of the Digital Person Commissions; "Hot Topics in EU and Competition Law”, organised by the UIA Competition Law Commission. 3-5 October 2024 - Madrid , Spain - UIA Business and Human Rights Forum for Legal Practitioners – 4th Edition 5-6 April 2024 – London, United Kingdom - 32nd UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres 21-22 March 2024 – Tokyo, Japan - A Road to Human Rights Due Diligence - Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption, Environmental Protection and more. 1-2 February 2024 – The Hague, The Netherlands - Bridges Between International Criminal Justice and Other Areas of Law 25-29 October 2023 – Rome, Italy - 67th UIA Annual Congress [Among other sessions: “The Anti-corruption Public Regulation”, organised by the UIA Administrative and Regulatory Law Commission; “Fortress Europe or Level Playing Field? Non-EU entities wishing to do business in the EU under closer scrutiny.”, organised by the UIA Competition Law and European Law Commissions; “Regulatory Friction as a Major Roadblock for Start-ups: How Business Lawyers can Help”, organised by the UIA Information Technology aw and Start-Ups & Venture Capital Commissions; “The Impact of ESG on Real Estate”, organised by the UIA Real State Law, and Environment and Sustainable Development Law Commissions). A complete list of events organised by UIA and their programmes are available at https://www.uianet.org/en/events * Publications (specific articles):  List of UIA’s publications: https://www.uianet.org/en/publications [among others: “Economic Sanctions and Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Parties, Counsel and Arbitrators”, published by UIA in September 2023, summary and full publication available on UIA’s Website ]  Juriste International : https://www.uianet.org/en/juriste-international (see among others, Juriste International 2025-1, 2024-3, 2024-2, 2024-1, 2023-3).  Other specific publications disseminated to UIA members available at https://www.uianet.org/en/news * Others: - Specific UIA-IROL Statements: https://www.uianet.org/en/actions - Participation of UIA representatives in conferences organized by other organisations (and co-hosted by the EP): “Improving anti-SLAPP defense: Lessons learned from the PATFox Project”, 31 January 2024 https://www.antislapp.eu/news/european-parliament-to-host-final-patfox-event-on-31-january

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

- Council of Europe : Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations (member) Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV) (observer) - INGO- Service https://www.coe.int/en/web/ingo/ingo-service - AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) https://www.aija.org/ - World Coalition against the Death Penalty http://www.worldcoalition.org - ECPM (Together against the Death Penalty) http://www.ecpm.org/ - Institut des Droits de l’Homme des Avocats Européens (IDHAE) https://www.idhae.org/ - Law Societies' Compact & Forum for SDG 16 https://www.compactandforum.org/ - International Fair Trial Day (Informal group) - Day of the Endangered Lawyer (informal group) - OIAD (International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger) – Associated Member https://protect-lawyers.org/en/

Organisation Members

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Additional Information

The UIA's main sources of revenues are membership fees paid by its members as well as income earned from its seminars and annual congresses. In addition, UIA established an institutional partnership agreement with the information and legal solutions publisher, LexisNexis. Specific actions undertaken by UIA-IROL (Institute for the Rule of Law) have been funded by the Fonds de Dotation de l'UIA pour l'Etat de droit. Financial support and/or sponsorship by public and/or private actors may be provided in connection with UIA events (seminars, Webinars and congresses). For further information, please see the event programmes at https://www.uianet.org/en/events