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 Information for Members
Notice of Meetings
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 Information for Members
All thriving organisations need to undertake a review of their structure from time to time. The IBA is no different, and, since 2000, many office bearers of the Association have been involved in a detailed review of the IBA structure. A Review Committee has been involved in a detailed analysis of the Association and its final report was endorsed by the IBA and Section Councils in May 2002. A new Constitution was approved by the IBA General Meeting in Durban 2002, and, to comply with the new Constitution, some changes will be made to the structure of the Association.
Currently, the activities for individual members are split between the three Sections: Business Law (SBL), Energy & Natural Resources Law (SERL) and Legal Practice (SLP). As of Auckland 2004, two new Divisions will be created: the Legal Practice Division (LPD) and the Public and Professional Interest Division (PPID). The LPD will focus on the practice of law in different specialist areas, whereas the PPID will focus on professional and public interest activities of the legal profession throughout the world.
Additionally, a structure has been devised which will support the activities and the interests of its Member Organisations, with the activities of the IBA's 192-strong Member Organisations catered for through the Bar Issues Commission (BIC), an independent body under the aegis of the PPID. This new entity will provide a platform for the regulators of the profession (ie the Bar Associations and Law Societies) to discuss issues
of common concern and interest.
It is envisaged that the new structure will provide a more cohesive, efficient and streamlined vehicle for the Association to achieve its goals and conduct its programme of activities. Additionally, it will make the Association much easier to understand for potential members and other organisations, and this is vitally important given the increasing higher profile that the IBA is enjoying across the globe among the international legal community.
Notice of Meetings
The new Constitution of the Association comes into effect at the opening of the Conference. The Constitution provides for the establishment of a new Council as the governing body of the Association as a whole and two new organisations, the Public and Professional Interest Division ('PPID') and the Legal Practice Division ('LPD') to manage the activities of the individual members.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that:
- The first General Meeting of the members of LPD
will be held at 0930 on Monday 25 October 2004,
to elect its first Officers and Council members, to receive reports on the progress of restructuring the Association and its financial position, and to conduct such other business as the Chair may determine.
All members of the Section on Business Law, the Section on Legal Practice and the Section on Energy & Natural Resources Law are entitled to attend.
- The first General Meeting of the members of PPID
will be held at 1100 (or so soon thereafter as the above-mentioned General Meeting of LPD shall be concluded or adjourned) on Monday 25 October 2004, to elect its first Officers and Council members, to receive reports on the restructuring of the Association and its financial position, and to conduct such other business as the Chair may determine.
All individual members of the Association are entitled to attend.
- The first meeting of the new Council of the Association will be held at 1430 on Thursday,
28 October 2004. The detailed agenda for this meeting will be sent to Councillors in due course as required by the Constitution, and will include the election of Officers of the Association (President,
Vice-President and Secretary-General) for 2005 and 2006.
- The General Meeting of the Human Rights Institute will be held at 0930 on Wednesday 27 October 2004. All HRI members are encouraged to attend and are invited to put to Officers and members of the Council any questions and suggestions they may have relevant to the work of the Institute.
The meeting will receive reports of the activities of the Institute in 2004 and its planned programme for 2005. It is expected that decisions will be taken that will provide opportunities for members to become personally involved in the Institute's programmes.
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