Latin America and Europe Ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit: Shared Rhetoric, Real Gaps Researcher Par Engstrom has just published two reports commissioned by the European Parliament on human rights and accountability in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the context of the 4th EU-CELAC Summit (Santa Marta, November 2025). The overall assessment is clear: the region...
Following several months of analysis, research and data collection, we are pleased to announce that the report “Cultivating Democracy: Recipes for Resilience” has now been published and is freely available to the public. This document, part of our project co-funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, aims to identify the main challenges...
On 21 April 2026, a new edition of the Annual Report on Universal Jurisdiction (UJAR 2026) was published, produced by TRIAL International in collaboration with various organisations specialising in international justice. The report covers the main developments in 2025 regarding universal jurisdiction and other forms of extraterritorial jurisdiction, confirming its growing importance as a key...
According to the latest corruption index published by Transparency International, although Europe ranks as the least corrupt region, the reality is that anti-corruption measures in recent years have been limited. Given this trend, in December 2025 the Parliament and the Council provisionally approved a new directive to tackle corruption in the European Union. This directive emerged...
Next Tuesday, 28 April 2026, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm, the event “Spain as a promoter of the gender perspective in the fight against impunity: a strategic assessment from the perspective of global justice” will be held in the AECID Auditorium (Av. Reyes Católicos 4, Madrid). The event forms part of the project of the...
On 25 March 2026, the Court of Appeal in The Hague upheld the conviction of Hasna A., a 33-year-old Dutch national from Hengelo with links to the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), for her involvement in various offences, including slavery as a crime against humanity against a Yazidi woman. This decision consolidates the fight against impunity...
On 30 March 2026, appeal proceedings began in Bellinzona in the case against the former Gambian Minister of the Interior, Ousman Sonko, who was convicted at first instance of crimes against humanity. This new trial begins almost a decade after his arrest and nearly two years after a verdict considered historic, offering a renewed opportunity...
At FIBGAR, we are pleased to present the event report of the Congress on International Criminal Justice: Advances and Challenges in the Fight against Impunity, held on 26 February in Barcelona, in collaboration with the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. The Congress was...
Regional offensive against civil society: “anti-NGO” laws advance Amnesty International warns in this regional analysis of an increasingly widespread trend in Latin America: the adoption of laws that restrict the functioning of civil society organisations. These regulations, either in force or under discussion in several countries, impose stricter registration requirements, disproportionate financial controls, and restrictions on access...
Every 24 March, in the framework of the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Argentina pauses its daily rhythm to look back at one of the darkest chapters in its recent history. The date commemorates the coup d’état of 1976, which marked the beginning of the country’s last civic-military dictatorship, responsible for a...
