The International Academy of Linguistic Law (IALL), an international multidisciplinary organization established in September 1984 by 100 founding members, brings together jurists, linguists, social scientists and all those worldwide who are interested, scientifically or professionnally, in phenomena and problems pertaining to world linguistic diversity as well as to law and language, especially to comparative linguistic law (or language law).

Comparative linguistic law refers to the different legal and linguistic norms pertinent to the law of language, the language of law and the linguistic rights (or language rights) as fundamental rights all over the world.