International Bar Association

The International Bar Association (IBA) is a leading organization for legal professionals, including bar associations and law societies around the globe. Founded in 1947, shortly after the establishment of the United Nations, the IBA was created with the belief that a collective of global bar associations could help promote justice and contribute to worldwide peace and stability. Over the past 70 years, the IBA has transformed from a group exclusively representing bar associations and law societies to a diverse network that now includes individual international lawyers and entire law firms. Today, the IBA boasts a membership of over 80,000 individual lawyers from many of the world’s top law firms, as well as approximately 190 bar associations and law societies from more than 170 countries.

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Trump 2.0 and the destruction of the state

5 days ago | ibanet.org | William Roberts

The second Trump administration is waging a war on the administrative state. Nearly 300,000 planned job cuts across 27 agencies have led to a raft of lawsuits. In April, President Donald Trump’s administration dismissed 3,500 workers at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a regulatory agency overseeing pharmaceuticals, medical devices and much of the US food supply.
The end of aid as we know it

2 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Isabelle Walker

Rohingya children eat from jars with the USAID logo on them, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 11 February 2025. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab. Significant cuts to US foreign aid will have far-reaching repercussions. Global Insight assesses the consequences and the future of the aid sector. The decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was met with global condemnation.
The future of Mexico’s nearshoring boom

2 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Ann Deslandes

The Mexican nearshoring success story faces threats from Trump administration tariffs and domestic judicial reforms. Global Insight assesses how Mexico is weathering the storm. In recent years, thousands of US companies have relocated operations from Asia and Europe to Mexico, part of what’s been called a nearshoring phenomenon. Multinationals have sought supply chain resilience against major disruptions in global trade.
Palantir and the rule of law

2 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Arthur Piper

Technology company Palantir is embedded everywhere from NATO to the US immigration enforcement agency. Global Insight assesses the rule of law implications. Something’s rotten with the state of AI. The problem’s frivolity and the answer’s Palantir.
UK deregulation is risk to financial stability and ‘really concerning’

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

The UK government has introduced a deregulatory agenda aimed at boosting economic growth and generating wealth for working people. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer, likened regulation in the UK economy to ‘Japanese knotweed’ and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has outlined a plan to scale back regulations for businesses and exert greater control over the UK’s regulatory bodies.
Israel tightens its grip on the West Bank

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Emad Mekay

Children react, on the day of an Israeli raid in Tammoun, near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 15 May 2025. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta The International Criminal Court has opened a probe into potential violations, but progress has been slow, hindered in part by political resistance and diplomatic friction. UN officials have been unequivocal.
US presidency: tariffs upset global trade as Trump administration seeks ‘deals’

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | William Roberts

When US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping new tariffs on US imports in April, global markets reacted strongly. Stocks and bonds fell and economists warned of recession, while supply chains were heavily affected. The President declared the tariffs would liberate the US from dependence on foreign goods. Later in April, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent persuaded President Trump to pause his most punitive tariffs on major trading partners – except China – which averted a larger financial crisis.
Trump’s assault on the First Amendment

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

Syril, 25, carries a large banner of the US constitution with a number of other demonstrators during a protest marking US President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, in Washington, DC, US, 30 April 2025. REUTERS/Allison BaileyThe Trump administration has executed a wide-ranging crackdown on freedom of speech by targeting student protestors, lawyers and the press. Global Insight assesses the threat to the rule of law and what is being done to protect it.
Climate crisis: advised emissions offer new opportunities for law firms to make an impact

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Rachael Johnson

Addressing advised emissions is increasingly being seen as a key means by which law firms can have a significant impact in their efforts to tackle the climate crisis. These are the indirect emissions associated with a company’s value chain, including those generated by using its products and/or services. For law firms and other professional services companies, these emissions arise from the advice provided to clients.
Escalating conflict between India and Pakistan threatens crucial long-standing agreements

4 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Rebecca Root

On 7 May, India launched missiles at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which it says hosted ‘terrorist infrastructure’. Pakistan, in response, claims to have shot down Indian aircraft and drones and has warned of further military action. These developments mark a significant escalation in recent tensions between India and Pakistan, which stem from an attack by militants on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-administrated Kashmir.