ABOUT

About ICLA

The International Customs Law Academy (ICLA) is an international, private non-profit association whose global membership is comprised of noted jurists who have published books and scholarly articles in the field of Customs Law. ICLA is dedicated to research, publishing, teaching and furthering the practice of Customs Law in the public and private sectors as well as in the academic community. Membership of ICLA is currently limited to 100 individuals, and is by invitation, after a nomination and qualification process. ICLA operates in two official languages, Spanish and English.

The Academy’s Official Headquarters is located in the country of which the President of the Academy is a resident.

ACTIVITIES

The Academy executes its institutional role through activities such as:

Promote the theoretical-practical knowledge of the professionals related to Customs Law stimulating a great relationship between training and labor orientation.
Promoting contacts and scientific exchanges between people and institutions interested in Customs Law.
Organizing, either individually or jointly with other organizations or international entities, Conferences, Conventions, Symposia, and Meetings or other types of activities related to Customs Law.
Publishing scholarly books and compendiums focused on topical areas in the field of Customs Law.

ESTABILSHMENT

The Academy was founded by a prestigious group of jurists from Latin America and Spain, including noted university professors and authors, as well as professional practitioners in the field of customs law (attorneys, public officials, judges). The Academy was incorporated as the Academia Internacional de Derecho Aduanero on June 6, 2007, in Barcelona’s Ilustre Colegio de Abogados (Bar Association).

EMBLEM

The emblem of the International Customs Law Academy is made up of three equally important symbols, representing Customs, Trade and Justice.

The gate held up by two pillars that borders the ensemble represents an entrance and exit, a clear reference to Customs. The pillars rise and drop in a set of curved lines, with the uppermost point reaching up to the wings of Hermes or Mercury, the mythical character that traveled the land generating trade between communities, and clearly suggest that tradesmen and their goods must pass through customs. The scales of justice, ever the symbol of fairness and judgment in legal matters, hang down symmetrically from inside the arch.

In sum, the Academy emblem physically and symbolically refers to the place where trade, subject to customs control and compliance with the law meet and pass through, all of which embody the essence of the course of study offered by the International Customs Law Academy.

The emblem’s official colors–blue and gold– represent quality and prestige based on intellectual honesty and talent, the hallmark of the members of the Academy; and, as stated in Article 8, paragraph I, section a) of the Academy’s legal statues, this insignia may only be worn by Academy members.