Articles Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:05:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Articles Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 FIBGAR participates in Brussels presentation of the XVI EU-LAC Policy Brief on transnational organised crime https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-participates-in-brussels-presentation-of-the-xvi-eu-lac-policy-brief-on-transnational-organised-crime/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:32:28 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27403 FIBGAR participated in Brussels in the presentation of the XVI EU-LAC Policy Brief, a publication developed in collaboration with the EU-LAC Foundation and focusing on how to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean in addressing transnational organised crime through a whole-of-society approach. On 8 September 2026, Brussels hosted the...

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]]> FIBGAR in Rome: Two Days to Strengthen International Justice and Combat Impunity https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-in-rome-two-days-to-strengthen-international-justice-and-combat-impunity/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:21:32 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27395 This week, FIBGAR will be in Rome to take part in two days of work dedicated to international justice, universal jurisdiction and the fight against impunity. On 17 and 18 September, the Fondazione Basso will bring together international experts, civil society representatives, legal professionals and other actors working in the field of international criminal justice....

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]]> Universal Jurisdiction in Europe – A Critical Perspective https://fibgar.es/en/universal-jurisdiction-in-europe-a-critical-perspective/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27376 A decade after the adoption of the Madrid-Buenos Aires Principles on Universal Jurisdiction, it is time to critically assess how their application has evolved in Europe, what obstacles persist, and what steps are necessary to strengthen the fight against impunity. For this reason, on 17 September 2025, from 15:00 to 18:30 CEST, FIBGAR will organise...

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]]> Austria delivers judgment: eight years in prison for two former officials of the deposed Syrian regime https://fibgar.es/en/austria-delivers-judgment-eight-years-in-prison-for-two-former-officials-of-the-deposed-syrian-regime/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27364 On 6 July 2026, the Vienna Regional Court sentenced Khaled Al-Halabi, a former brigadier general in the Syrian intelligence services, and Musab Abu Rukbah, a former lieutenant colonel and former head of investigations at the Raqqa criminal police, to eight years in prison for acts of torture, sexual coercion and grievous bodily harm committed against...

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]]> 30 August: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. A debt to the victims that remains unpaid https://fibgar.es/en/30-august-international-day-of-the-victims-of-enforced-disappearances-a-debt-to-the-victims-that-remains-unpaid/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27179 Every 30 August, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances compels us to pause and face up to one of the cruellest forms of violence that exists: that of snatching a person away, erasing all trace of them and then denying any information about their whereabouts. This year, the date coincides with a...

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]]> THE RULE OF LAW: LIMITS AND THE BALANCE OF POWERS. Lessons from the Peruvian case https://fibgar.es/en/the-rule-of-law-limits-and-the-balance-of-powers-lessons-from-the-peruvian-case/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27321 Boundaries establish order. In personal relationships, they foster respect; in relations between states, they define sovereignty and prevent undue interference. Conversely, if boundaries are not established in good time, there is a risk of becoming trapped in abusive relationships which, once entrenched, prove very difficult to change. As the saying goes: ‘A tree that grows...

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]]> FIBGAR signs joint statement in defence of the International Criminal Court https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-signs-joint-statement-in-defence-of-the-international-criminal-court/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:25:49 +0000 https://fibgar.es/fibgar-signs-a-joint-statement-in-support-of-the-international-criminal-court/ More than 130 civil society organisations from 56 countries, including FIBGAR, as a member of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), have signed a joint statement calling on States Parties to the ICC to take collective action in response to recent withdrawals from the Rome Statute and growing attacks against the Court. In...

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]]> Germany convicts an Iraqi couple of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against two Yazidi girls, as members of Islamic State https://fibgar.es/en/germany-convicts-an-iraqi-couple-of-genocide-crimes-against-humanity-and-war-crimes-against-two-yazidi-girls-as-members-of-islamic-state/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27303 On 13 July 2026, the Munich Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) convicted an Iraqi couple, Twana H.S. and Asia R.A., of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggravated sexual abuse of minors against two Yazidi girls, as well as membership of Islamic State (IS). The court sentenced the man to life imprisonment and the woman...

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]]> European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. The banality of hatred, once again https://fibgar.es/en/european-day-of-remembrance-for-the-victims-of-stalinism-and-nazism-the-banality-of-hatred-once-again/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27284 Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the European Union decreed that every 23 August should be set aside to commemorate the victims of totalitarian regimes. Less than ten years later, political trends in the region shifted towards a rise in the influence of right-wing nationalist parties in the European Parliament....

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]]> New contributions arising from the workshop on universal jurisdiction and international crimes in the Asia-Pacific region https://fibgar.es/en/new-contributions-arising-from-the-workshop-on-universal-jurisdiction-and-international-crimes-in-the-asia-pacific-region/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27313 In May 2026, Griffith Law School and the Griffith Asia Institute, in collaboration with FIBGAR and the Asia Justice Coalition, organised the international workshop ‘Prosecuting Asia-Pacific International Crimes in Domestic Courts’ in Brisbane. The event brought together experts, academics, legal professionals, civil society organisations and human rights defenders to analyse the challenges and opportunities posed...

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