On 5 March, in the framework of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the session dedicated to the interactive dialogue on the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/58/36), published on 9 January 2025, took place. In this meeting, the role of Transitional Justice in peacebuilding and sustainable...
On 26 March we held the presentation event of our new Network of Women for Memory and Democracy (REDMEM). This occasion was held in collaboration with the Asociación El Club de las 25 and the Equality Unit of the Complutense University of Madrid, in the Paraninfo of the Faculty of Philosophy of the same university. This...
Since 2011, as a result of Resolution 65/196, the "International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Violations of Human Rights and Victims' Dignity" has been commemorated every 24 March. The day was chosen to honour and pay tribute to the Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was assassinated on 24 March 1980 in...
Every 27 February is International NGO Day, a day to recognise the invaluable work of NGOs in building a more just and sustainable world. Driven by the will and solidarity of their members, NGOs fill gaps in communities where government has no presence or where aid is insufficient. They also promote citizen participation by involving...
During the period 1976-1983, Argentina experienced a civilian-church-military dictatorship under which crimes against humanity and human rights violations were committed. The regime carried out a systematic extermination plan, resulting in the forced disappearance of 30,000 people, including activists and students. These people were tortured, killed, burned, thrown into the sea or buried in mass graves. In...
“People all over the world (including millions fleeing war, persecution and deprivation) continue to suffer from discrimination and attacks. We have a duty to remember the past, and to help those who need us most now.” This was the message shared to the world by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on the International Day...
Thousands of children have their childhood stolen as they are forced to participate in armed conflicts. Whether as combatants, spies, sexual slaves or in other roles within armed groups, they witness killings and are victims of torture, ill-treatment and rape. The physical and psychological consequences they face are devastating. According to the United Nations report titled...
Violence against women constitutes one of the most serious forms of discrimination and a fundamental violation of human rights: “its physical, sexual and mental consequences, both immediate and long-term, can be devastating”. In this context, the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) has recently evaluated the policies...
In Argentina, the ruling party of President Javier Milei has continued with its public policy of attack against the fundamental areas of the transitional process. This time, it has been reported by various mass media, human rights organisations and jurists working on cases against humanity that The Navy has begun to move the extensive General Archive...
