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Prosecutor, Presidency, and Registry of the ICC, with the independent Offices of Public Counsel for the Defence and Victims, and with the ICC Bar Association. We also consult with State representatives, civil society organisations, academics, and international lawyers. The IBA ICC & ICL Programme is the IBA's representative to official bodies of the ICC, including the Assembly of States Parties, and is the IBA's representative to the NGO Coalition for the ICC. </li> <li>We <strong>collaborate </strong>with key partners on activities to increase engagement of the global legal community with the ICC and on international law. </li> <li>We <strong>monitor and analyse</strong> emerging issues of particular relevance to lawyers. Our substantive work includes thematic legal analysis of proceedings, ad hoc evaluations of legal, administrative, and institutional issues which could potentially affect the development of international justice, and expert legal analysis on issues relevant to our mandate. Programme information is disseminated through reports, expert discussions, workshops and other events.</li> <li>We <strong>support </strong>the development of international criminal lawyers, through the annual IBA ICC Moot Court Competition, and through the ICC & ICL Legal Internship Programme.</li> </ul> <p>Since its establishment in 2005, the IBA ICC & ICL Programme has contributed to the development of international criminal justice through monitoring and analysing issues related to fairness and equality of arms at the ICC, and through conducting outreach to deepen the understanding of the place of the ICC within the broader landscape of international justice and in particular contexts.</p> <div class="toolbar"> <a class="btn btn-secondary include-arrow mb-2 mb-sm-0" href="/icc-icl-programme-reports">Perspectives & Reports</a> <a class="btn btn-secondary include-arrow" href="/ICC_ICL_Programme/Programme_commentaries">Programme advocacy</a> </div><div class="row"> <div 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