Aims of the site

This project is designed to meet the following aims:

• to provide a space for sharing resources and information between lawyers working on media/freedom of expression cases

• to provide links to organisations and information elsewhere on the web

• to encourage and facilitate cross-country support, advice and mentoring between lawyers

• to promote and assist in the development of regional media law groups

• to provide a space for shared work, experiences and best practice in media law and freedom of expression cases

• to encourage users to interact with each other and with the IBA by providing event information and resources that are of mutual interest

• to inform members of news and events of potential interest

• to create a virtual community which brings together media law practitioners all over the world.

Background

The International Bar Association

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 30,000 individual lawyers and more than 195 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. It has considerable expertise in providing assistance to the global legal community.

IBA Media Law Committee

The Media Law Committee is dedicated to gathering and disseminating, amongst its members and friends, knowledge in all areas of law related to the media industry. This encompasses both content and communication issues. Content, as the core of media law, is traditionally governed by national rules, but communication has long ceased to be a purely national matter; and as it more and more tends to be circulated on an international or even worldwide basis, content nowadays is also to be seen as an objective of the international legal environment.
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The IBA Human Rights Institute

The IBA believes in the fundamental right of the world's citizens to have disputes heard and determined by an independent judiciary, and for judges and lawyers to practise freely and without interference.

Established in 1995 under the honorary presidency of Nelson Mandela, the IBA's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is a leading voice in the worldwide promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights under a just rule of law.

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