Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Bar Association (IBA)
EU Transparency Register
55828722666-53 First registered on 26 Nov 2009
Goals / Remit
The International Bar Association (IBA), established in 1947, is the world’s leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world.
It has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.
The principal aims and objectives of the IBA are:
* To promote an exchange of information between legal associations worldwide
* To support the independence of the judiciary and the right of lawyers to practise their profession without interference
* Support of human rights for lawyers worldwide through its Human Rights Institute.
The IBA works towards these objectives through three main areas of activity:
* Services for individual lawyer members through its divisions, committees and constituents
* Support for activities of bar associations and in particular, developing bars
* Support of human rights for lawyers worldwide.Main EU files targeted
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
Address
Head Office
St Bride Street, 10
4th Floor
London EC4A 4AD
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Rebecca Ruler (Divisions Administrative Assistant)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Mark Ellis (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
"Workshop on Whistleblower Protection: European Commission’s Proposal – The Way Forward" held on 03 May 2018, Brussels, Belgium.
The IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit, together with Virginie Rozière MEP (rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Initiative Report on Legitimate Measures to Protect Whistleblowers Acting in the Public Interest), hosted an event at the European Parliament in Brussels on 3 May 2018: ‘Workshop on Whistleblower Protection: European Commission’s Proposal – The Way Forward’. Participants included representatives from the European Commission, Eurocadres, Transparency International, European Federation of Journalists, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Government Accountability Project offered perspectives on the new proposal and discuss Whistleblower Protections: A Guide.Other activities
Commented on various EU Public Consultations.
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Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 08 Feb 2023 Location Warsaw (PL) Subject Support to displaced persons from Ukraine, including support through European Cohesion funding Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 12 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 07 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject An introduction to IBA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Cabinet member)
- Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet member)
- Meetings