IABA

The Inter-American Bar Association (IABA/FIA) was founded on May 16, 1940, by a group of lawyers representing 44 professional organizations in 17 nations of the Western Hemisphere.

Its objectives include the following: to promote the rule of law and the improvement of the administration of justice through independent justice systems; to promote, through means compatible with the democratic commitment of the Federation, the preservation and defense of human rights and the freedoms of the peoples that flow from the democratic principles on which their countries were established; to seek the dignification and ethical strengthening of lawyers; to promote the progressive development of law and legislative harmonization of the region; to contribute to the professional enrichment of its members through professional improvement programs and exchanges of information in the Commissions and Working Groups, among others.