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Annual Impact Report 2024/2025

BIICL is an independent registered charity and world-leading applied research institute based in London, advancing international law, comparative law, and the rule of law. In 2024/25 the Institute produced 34 new research reports and initiated 14 new projects addressing global challenges including climate litigation, forced labour, AI and cyberspace, immigration detention, and the UK-EU relationship, while delivering judicial training across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

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149 international investment cases examined in empirical study on investment protection in global banking and finance

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 34 new research reports produced in 2024/25
Key Metric 2 14 new projects initiated in 2024/25
Key Metric 3 Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation developed with over 200 experts across 17 jurisdictions and 5 continents

Key Outcomes

  • National conferences held in target countries across 5 continents as part of Climate Litigation Toolbox dissemination
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Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
Key Metric 2
More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
Key Metric 3
83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.